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Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-04-25T04:59:27Z

IanJohnson wrote:

Did you get one of the new aluminum beds or is it wood?

It's aluminium.
I was expecting to see some hex nuts at the bottom but found cylinders instead.

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-04-25T03:23:30Z

I bought 3 wing nuts and put them on with a dab of crazy glue, simple, effective and if I need to get them off I'd use an Allen wrench on top and a crescent wrench on the wing nut.

TiM

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-04-25T02:07:34Z

Did you get one of the new aluminum beds or is it wood?

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-04-25T01:52:14Z

Looking at my stock SD3 I see cylindrical nuts (?) at the bottom of the bed. Is the idea to somehow screw them off and thread the plastic thumbscrews on in their place?

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-03-07T00:00:38Z

I am changing my thumbscrews out for the ones that dont take away any additional printing height and I found this removable thread locker for plastic.

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-02-04T19:35:43Z

elmoret wrote:

krist10an wrote:
Here is my solution to the bed leveling and offset adjustment :-) Somewhat simpler that some other designs, the main improvement might be that you don't need to glue anything.
What size nuts are needed?

It is designed for M4 nuts.

Btw, the STL is upside down, so you have to rotate it before printing.

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-02-03T19:13:31Z

krist10an wrote:

Here is my solution to the bed leveling and offset adjustment :-) Somewhat simpler that some other designs, the main improvement might be that you don't need to glue anything.

What size nuts are needed?

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-02-01T15:43:18Z

krist10an wrote:

Here is my solution to the bed leveling and offset adjustment :-) Somewhat simpler that some other designs, the main improvement might be that you don't need to glue anything.

Very nice work!

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-01-31T15:54:16Z

I just turn mine with my fingers, just have to lower the bed to gain access.

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-01-31T14:15:19Z

Lucky you!

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-01-31T14:10:49Z

I recieved a hex driver with my SD2 that had a ball on the end. It works on angles that removed the hole requirment.

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-01-30T21:18:59Z

Yeah, drilling a hole in the case is essential. I'm surprised that Solidoodle did not figure that out from day one.

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2013-01-30T21:06:17Z

Here is my solution to the bed leveling and offset adjustment :-) Somewhat simpler that some other designs, the main improvement might be that you don't need to glue anything.

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2012-12-30T22:30:27Z

Just added the glass build plate topper and joosh thumb screws. In replacing my z offset screw (to be longer to accommodate the glass) I was finally fed up with how inaccessible the z screw is.

The replacement screw was more than long enough to handle the extra few mm of glass, so I threaded a wingnut all the way down and superglued it to the screw. It is just barely too wide and brushes the back wall, but is still a lot easier than trying to get an allen wrench back there. Hooray!

Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath

2012-12-22T15:01:47Z

Just put on the ones jon_bondy provide. Love them! Thanks