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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Crashed Extruder]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>You bet!</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Kyle Ward]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-12-20T01:53:53Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Crashed Extruder]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Would you be willing to post .STL files as well <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" />?</p><p>Or, whatever files you use to slice the .skp with. I&#039;m not familiar with sketchup.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Tomek]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/192/</uri>
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			<updated>2012-12-20T00:42:55Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Crashed Extruder]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Well, yesterday I experienced one of my worst setbacks to date.&nbsp; While installing the new silicone heat beds, I realized I would need to print out Ian&#039;s great thumbscrews.&nbsp; The print had finished on a plate of 9 thumbscrews, when disaster struck.&nbsp; </p><p>My wife came in and sat a bag on my workbench near the keyboard.&nbsp; The bag shifted and an item within press the space bar, which caused the Restart button to be pressed.&nbsp; I made a mad dash to try and prevent the inevitable.. but I was too late.&nbsp; The crunch of snapping ABS plastic filled my ears as I watched the X-carriage snap into pieces.</p><p>Knowing that it would likely not help me immediately, I contacted Solidoodle support and told my sad tale.&nbsp; They recommended I purchase a replacement assembly via their website.&nbsp; Needing all my printers running this weekend to fill an order.. I did the only thing I could: reversed engineered the X-carriage.</p><p>I created a complete part, which was very close to the original.&nbsp; However, I soon realized that the rods are glued in.. I decided not to break them out, for fear of having to reverse engineer the end pieces as well.</p><p>A lightbulb came on in my head, and I went back to my trusty Sketchup and slice my X-carriage in half, and created new holes.&nbsp; Essentially creating a clam shell.&nbsp; After printing the top and bottom, I set to work filing the pieces to the exact tolerances necessary.&nbsp; After a couple of hours of filing, assembly, removal to file again.. I was finished.</p><p>Is it perfect? No.&nbsp; Does it work? Yes.</p><p>I wanted to share this with everyone else.&nbsp; Because if you experience the same horror that I did, I want you to know there is hope (assuming you print this our beforehand.. or have more printers).</p><p>In some spots I did not bother putting nuts back in, simply threading the machine screws staright through the plastic holds it well.&nbsp; The screw holes on the front are just a hair too far apart, so I substituted a smaller screw for one of them.&nbsp; Threading them from the front, rather from from the rear.</p><p>One last area to note, the front of the clam shell is simply too thin to put screws through, without altering the overall design.&nbsp; I zip tied them together, then screws in the screws on the back half.&nbsp; Afterwards, I cut off the zip tie and adjusted the screws until I had the proper tension on the bushings.&nbsp; There is a gap in the front where the two halves come together, but it does not seem to be on the verge of exploding either.</p><p>I&#039;ve attached pictures of the aftermath, as well as my Sketchup files.&nbsp; Feel free to refine them.&nbsp; I may do so in the future, but for now I want to put this horrible incident behind me!</p><p>PS. I printed these are 100% infill for strength.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Kyle Ward]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/298/</uri>
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			<updated>2012-12-02T23:49:21Z</updated>
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