Micro Swiss Tension Lever for CR-10 Direct Drive

Micro Swiss is one of the more exciting suppliers of upgraded 3D printing components, and along with their fantastic kits, they provide useful replacement parts. The Micro Swiss Direct Drive kit has given makers the power of installing direct drive on their favourite Creality CR-10 and Ender series printers. It is a fantastically designed extruder with breath-taking machining that is as light as possible. However, with enough time, any machine in constant use with begin to creek in its joints. For the Micro Swiss Direct Drive, the tension lever is ceaselessly pushed aside every time you load new filament and performs the crucial job of gripping your filament between two gears.

This spare Tension Lever is an identical drop-in replacement component to use for your Micro Swiss Direct Drive Extruder for the CR-10 and Ender series printers. The Tension Lever includes one half of the direct drive’s famous dual gears. By pushing on the tension lever, you release the tension that holds your filament in place, allowing you to replace your 3D filament with a new awesome colour. So, if your lever is not quite staying in place or its grip has dulled over time, pick up a replacement Micro Swiss Tension Lever for a quick easy fix.

Please Note: This Tension Lever is a spare component from Micro Swiss designed to perfectly fit their CR-10 and Ender direct drive extruder. For the entire extruder kit, check out our Micro Swiss Direct Drive Kit for CR-10 and Ender series printers.

Within 3D Printing, there are a few brands whose hard work has made them stand out from the rest, with real innovation and the ability to not only refine old designs, but actually redesign from the ground up to offer more comprehensive upgrades for 3D printing enthusiasts and Makers throughout the world.

Micro Swiss is one such brand that perfectly fits this description, and since their founding back in 2015, the Micro Swiss brand has garnered world-wide attention for the quality, material composition and precision of their hotends, nozzles and other all-metal components. With a core focus on TwinClad XT Plated Brass Nozzles and All-Metal Hotend Upgrades for some of the most popular 3D Printers on the market, it’s no surprise that one of the easiest and most effective upgrades available to Makers are Micro Swiss Replacement Parts and Upgrade Kits.

In addition to the amazing 3D Printing components and upgrades that they produce, Micro Swiss also specialise in Swiss Turning, which is capable of precision CNC machining outer diameters as small as 0.0127mm, as well as CNC milling, tapping and post machining finishing for prototyping. These service offerings and correlating skillsets ensure that the Micro Swiss team is more than just capable of producing consistently high-quality parts, but also capable of identifying precisely where each part could use improvements.

As manufacturers and end-users of everything they produce, Micro Swiss is one of the most impressive brands we’ve had the pleasure of dealing with, and we look forward to all of the exciting refinements and developments that they are bound to bring out in the future.