Anet A8 3D-Touch Mount

This is a mount for the Geeetech 3D-Touch / BLTouch Sensor for Anet A8 printers.

*This design is meant for people which do not use an extruder cooling fan and heatsink.*

(Both are not really needed as shown by multiple experiments of different users. Please no discussions about that ;-)

I included the Fusion 360 file which makes it easy to modify if needed.

The mount fits right onto the side of the extruder using the original (shorter) screws. It has little holes for the nuts of the sensor screws to make assembling easy. After assembling the sensor is very stiff connected to the j-frame. It will hardly move or bend on usage. I printed the mount with BDP (GreenTec) filament but I think normal PLA will do. The sensor distance should fit for the standard A8 extruder out of the box.

I also included some information on how to connect the sensor to the Anet motherboard.

The first two images show the sensor mounted to the extruder. The second two images are showing the "draf