SD Press - Under the Kimono (Page 11 of 12)

Cool idea, But my goal is not to loose and range in the X/Y/Z (with-in reason, That obviously did not work out with the E3D Direct mount).

I've milled out the bracket but I need to adjust to the relief lines I milled in so my press brake can bend it. (Harbor Freight special) But otherwise it looks good. Super stoked.

is is possible to remodel the carrige and print it whit fit for metal bearings ?

MacGyverX, I'll FINALLY be printing this tonight or tommorrow... I've been "offline" working on finishing a class and haven't been able to get near the printer for weeks.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks again,
Dream-Cypher

I'm printing the mounting bracket now... did you have an STL for the "duct" that you had mounted under the fan to direct the air flow, or did that not work out?

thanks,
Dream-Cypher

I was finally able to print this... it does the job nicely.  Thanks again for all your help.

However, I think I'm ready to give up on my stock hot-end.  The thing is just too unreliable.  I can't even get PLA to work anymore... I think that maybe my success was due to the lower temperature in my workshop in the winter months.  I think I'm ready to pull the trigger on the e3d upgrade... just need to go back and look at the upgrade process again.

One question... Would I be able to use the e3d lite, or would that require some big modifications?

Dream-Cypher.

@soliryan: Could you provide replacement FET part number with correct pinout that would not require such "rotate" hack?

For anyone that was interested in seeing that the Z assembly looks like.

And the following pictures are for a question I have for SD.

Okay, I have a 2~3 degree slope rear to front (downward) on my bed. No matter how many times I run the z-offset wizard and set the offset. If I print on anything towards the front of the bed it air prints. Anywhere in the middle or the rear. Perfect contact. Perfect 'sqush factor' When I took the bed assembly apart I noticed no slop between the rails or the mount. But when I visually look at the mount, the front and rear have a 2~3 degree draft. Is that by design? Or is this abnormal? To add, the slope has gotten worse over time. If I home the bed, visually looking at the 'horizon' line of the bed to the plastic side shrouds, the gap towards the front has gotten a lot bigger.

what was the OD on those linear bearings?  i thought about doing what you did above but decided against it because there wasnt much material on the outside of the holes that solidoodle leaves you.

Still plans to make an aluminum frame for the rails? I haven't gotten anywhere with mine as of yet. Too busy just doing other stuff.

The front and back of the plastic carriage aren't used for alignment and so don't need to be square. The sides of molded parts very often have an intentional shallow draft angle to facilitate removing the part from the mold.

However, if the holes for the rods aren't square to the aligning bits for the bed arms, or some slop has worn into either, then you're toast.

what bearings did you use ?
size please i need do the same

and one thing more is the solitouch working in repeter host?
or only soliprint.

have someone made it or will try make  e remodeled carriges that fits bearings
i whant and need it