Apeks XTX Cover Tool

[Nicolas Pottier]

What happens when you get a new 3D printer along with a new regulator? Well of course you use said hammer on the new nail.

Couldn't budge the covers on my new Apeks XTX50s so fired up Fusion 360 and designed a cover tool. Nothing like an $800 tool to save you from a $18 purchase am I right?

Works well and got me in! Uploading the designs to Thingiverse but have to wait 24 hours since my account is new, will update with the link when it goes up.

Iterations

• Nicolas Pottier
• Jul 8, 2019

Took a few iterations to get all the curves right.

Cover Tool

• Nicolas Pottier
• Jul 8, 2019

Side View

• Nicolas Pottier
• Jul 8, 2019

Fits nicely

• Nicolas Pottier
• Jul 8, 2019

 

[Hickdive]

One of these will take the cover off almost anything:

Adjustable Face Spanner

 

[Mike1967]

One of these will take the cover off almost anything:

Adjustable Face Spanner

Apeks regs don’t have the pin holes so I don’t know how that tool is relevant to this thread?

 

[Nicolas Pottier]

One of these will take the cover off almost anything:

Adjustable Face Spanner

Lots of ways of skinning this particular cat for sure. Have also seen recommended a rubber mat or oven glove. I didn't have either though.

 

[JackD342]

The OEM Apeks tools are also used for setting lever height, not just removing the face plate.

 

[Nicolas Pottier]

Ya, understood. Would be easy enough to adjust to do that as well, but would need an OEM one to base it off of.

FWIW, none of the aftermarket tools do that either:
apeks cover tool | eBay

 

[Nicolas Pottier]

Take if back, this German version does:
UWFUN24: Apeks Werkzeug Frontdeckeltool, Frontcover Tool, XTX (neu) | eBay

Not sure I want to spend $35 to find out what the measurements are. Does anybody have an OEM tool they can measure?

 

[Graeme Fraser]

Nice work. Being lazy and inept I use a section of old latex neckseal which gives me the friction to unscrew the faceplates off mine. Brute force and ignorance are occasionally a substitute, but I do like ^this^.

 

[inka]

Ya, understood. Would be easy enough to adjust to do that as well, but would need an OEM one to base it off of.

FWIW, none of the aftermarket tools do that either:
apeks cover tool | eBay

Lever Height Setting Tool for New Apeks XTX Second Stage

 

[Nicolas Pottier]

Their cover tool doesn't though:
Cover Tool for Apeks XTX series

Sheesh, tough crowd! Not like I'm selling this thing!