Hero Me Gen7 Release 4 Modular Printhead Platform & Part Cooling

Updated Aug 19th, 2023: Hero Me Gen7 Documentation

Hero Me Gen7 parts selection and illustrated assembly documentation and videos are available from these three services:

Printables.com

Thangs.com

Patreon.com

UPDATED July 14th, 2023 - Hero Me Gen7 Release 4 is Available Now!

Release 4 has 187 new STLs and 50 updated STLs since Release 3 and a total of 328 new and updated STLs since Release 2.

New printers and components supported

* 29 new 3D Printers/models and X carriage options

* 16 new Hot-ends

* 8 new Extruders

* 6 new ABL sensors/probes

* Plus many improved STLs.

Check out the V1.6 Change Log and 7.4 Printer-Component support docs for all the details (contained in the ZIP download).

###Hero Me is a modular printhead platform for 3D printers with excellent part cooling and the most compatibility across printers, hotends, extruders, ABLs, and other components.

The Hero Me Gen7 is all about choice and personal preference. If you have been upgrading your 3D printer, you've made choices about what is important to you, Your choices are likely going to be different from everyone else. When choosing a hotend, extruder, and ABL combo (not to mention fans and accelerometers), where are you going to find a printhead platform that will accommodate all your selected components (which could be a rare combo), for you specific 3D printer AND provide you part cooling that gives you great print results, This is what the Hero Me Gen7 is all about!

Think of the Hero Me platform as stackable blocks for printheads (like that well know brand that can't be named here), there are mounting parts for each component (hotend, extruder, fans, ABLs, etc.) that stack and mount to a core Base. Component specific mounting parts can be interchanged for another of the same type. So, should you change your component selection(s) in the future, you do not have to start over, you simple replace the single STL mount that is matched to the new component. There is no need to yet again go looking for a new set of mounting hardware that was not likely to have been designed to work with each other in the first place.

Here is a link to the latest install and review of the Hero Me Gen7 by TeachingTech! (Starts at the 4 minute mark)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/UAg3KpmbFLE?start=239

Below is the linkto a 10-minute overview of the Hero Me platform when I spoke with Joel the 3D Printing Nerd at RMRRF in April 2023.

https://youtu.be/y8e68emZvH8

So to give you choices and fulfill your personal preferences in 3D printing, the Hero Me Gen7.4 now supports over 115 3D Printer models (plus clones), 47 Hotends, 37 Extruders (over 45 mount options), 20 ABL Sensors (34 mount options), 35 Part Cooling Duct options, 12 Cable Management options, 14 ADXL345 mounts, and 4 LED bar mounts (among many other options).

The Zip file containing all the Hero Me Gen7 STLs is nicely organized into folders by component category, with sub-folders for type and brand with well-defined filenames. If you want documentation to help you select and assemble the Hero Me Gen7 for your specific 3D printer, you can get a detailed 56-page parts selection and illustrated assembly guide by supporting me on Patreon or Thangs for just $5.

If you become an All-Access supporter for just $5 more, you also get assembly videos, private Discord server access, direct technical support, as well as exclusive access to new releases (including Gen7.3 and more) 30 days before being posted to Printables, Thangs, and other STL libraries. https://patreon.com/MediaMan3D or https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D

For those who think that the Hero Me is heavy, I can see why you think that, but the Hero Me is quite light. A full complement of printed parts (with threaded inserts) for a dual fan, hotend/direct drive configuration, with ABL, ADXL, and LED mounts is just under 87 grams (see photo in gallery). Lighter weight than many stock printhead setups and most other replacement setups. A simple Bowden setup with no ABL can be as few as just 4-5 printed parts. A fully loaded printhead with hotend, extruder, ABL, dual fans, ADXL345, LED, and wire management is only 12 printed parts (the 87 grams I mentioned).

Here is an interview I did with Daniel of Crosslink that provides a great overview of the Hero Me platform (4/28/2023):

###Here is a list of the 3D printers and major components that are supported by Hero Me Gen7.4

Over 115 3D Printer Models/X Carriages Supported:

3DFused V1, V2, V3, CoreXY, Master X carriage

Alfawise U20-U30