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Topic: Lawsy Silicone Mounting Bed Question

Ok I want to upgrade to a pcb board and want to use Lawsy mounting board, but the problem is it's only 6X6. I have seen another on thingerverse but it's only 8x8. I have a solidoodle 3 8x8, but all the pcbs I see for sale are all 8.5x8.5. Is there a way to enlarge Lawsy's design without having to re-design the entire piece? Or is there another version out there that I haven't seen yet?

SD3/SD4 Mods completed: glass bed, changed zrod to 5mm, slop nut, aluminum arm-originally wood, plexi-glass case, Z Wobble Preventer,  Lawsy Carriages, X\Y motor fans, control board fans, extruder cartridge heater, MK5, Esd Lite
Mods working on:Direct Y Drive
Remember.......All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be....Pink Floyd...Dark Side of the Moon.

2 Reply by pirvan

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Re: Lawsy Silicone Mounting Bed Question

I don't think you will need any special mounting.  Take a look at the way I mounted mine.  There are a few folks here that have followed that setup and and it work just fine.

Here is the link

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/6728/mk2 … -settings/

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3 Reply by blarz

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Re: Lawsy Silicone Mounting Bed Question

Yes I like the way you have it setup, but I wanted something that was a bit more constant. I worked on a corss between the two I had found on thingerverse, only to find out I made a slight mistake on the tab that connects the pieces together. So it looks like I'll be re-fabbing it once more. By chance do you have the measurements of the 3 bed leveling holes that go through metal arm?

Here's a copy of the design I made that has to be remade: Ok I tried uploading the stl file but no go.....How the heck do you attach stl files to a post?

SD3/SD4 Mods completed: glass bed, changed zrod to 5mm, slop nut, aluminum arm-originally wood, plexi-glass case, Z Wobble Preventer,  Lawsy Carriages, X\Y motor fans, control board fans, extruder cartridge heater, MK5, Esd Lite
Mods working on:Direct Y Drive
Remember.......All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be....Pink Floyd...Dark Side of the Moon.

4 Reply by pirvan (edited by pirvan 2015-11-16 03:36:29)

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Re: Lawsy Silicone Mounting Bed Question

blarz wrote:

Yes I like the way you have it setup, but I wanted something that was a bit more constant.

I'm not sure what you mean by a bit more constant.  Are you referring to X/Y stability?  It doesn't get any more stable than this.

blarz wrote:

By chance do you have the measurements of the 3 bed leveling holes that go through metal arm?

Attached is a 3 view drawing of the SD3 aluminum bed frame.  The dimensions you're looking for are all there.

NOTE:  The SD3 Alu Frame drawing and the dimensions on it, are taken from my own SD3.  Theoretically they should be identical to all the Aluminum beds that Solidoodle sold, but I can't guarantee it.

blarz wrote:

Here's a copy of the design I made that has to be remade: Ok I tried uploading the stl file but no go.....How the heck do you attach stl files to a post?

There's a size limit to the files you can post.  As far as I can tell, they can't exceed 5MB.  So if your STL is larger than 5MB, it won't be accepted.

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...and too much time on my hands.

5 Reply by blarz (edited by blarz 2016-05-22 20:39:25)

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Re: Lawsy Silicone Mounting Bed Question

For some odd reason I cannot post files besides images or links or email. the file I was trying to show is only 12kb. Oh yes BTW thanks for the pdf, I've been looking for something of this nature for a long time....



Really odd, the only way I can add .stl files is to edit an existing post...

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Mods working on:Direct Y Drive
Remember.......All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be....Pink Floyd...Dark Side of the Moon.

6 Reply by blarz

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Re: Lawsy Silicone Mounting Bed Question

Ok why can't I upload ANY file except for images without editing a previous post.......

SD3/SD4 Mods completed: glass bed, changed zrod to 5mm, slop nut, aluminum arm-originally wood, plexi-glass case, Z Wobble Preventer,  Lawsy Carriages, X\Y motor fans, control board fans, extruder cartridge heater, MK5, Esd Lite
Mods working on:Direct Y Drive
Remember.......All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be....Pink Floyd...Dark Side of the Moon.