<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> 2015-01-12T04:08:05Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/9115/sd2-replacement-wooden-or-aluminum-z-platform/ <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> Hi xlq1010,
Thank you, but it is the "platform" I am looking for, not the build plate. It's what the build plate is bolted on to.

xlq1010 wrote:

That 's so kind of you to donate it to the school,  i  found the platform, it is an Aluminum one and the
Dimension is 152x152x3mm. I am not sure if it is what you are looking for.  Try  search  Aluminum Build Plate for me creator  in geeetech.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/8835/ 2015-01-12T04:08:05Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78567/#p78567 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> That 's so kind of you to donate it to the school,  i  found the platform, it is an Aluminum one and the
Dimension is 152x152x3mm. I am not sure if it is what you are looking for.  Try  search  Aluminum Build Plate for me creator  in geeetech.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/8920/ 2015-01-12T02:27:13Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78559/#p78559 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> carriages are like modified lawsys. may be able to use Wards cyclops mount on it even

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/795/ 2015-01-11T23:14:26Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78527/#p78527 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> wire10ga wrote:

Pretty cool about the Geeetech printer, they give you a better power supply with on/off switch, PCB bed heater and the STL's to all the 3D printed parts on the machine.


yeah... hate to say it but looks like China done way better on that product

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/795/ 2015-01-11T23:12:44Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78525/#p78525 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> Pretty cool about the Geeetech printer, they give you a better power supply with on/off switch, PCB bed heater and the STL's to all the 3D printed parts on the machine.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/134/ 2015-01-11T13:18:37Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78455/#p78455 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> http://www.geeetech.com/assembled-me-cr … p-876.html

they even have what Solidoodle never did. a manual also in pdf and most mods they never installed for less than I paid for my SD2

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/795/ 2015-01-10T21:53:35Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78392/#p78392 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> Thank you! I did see their copy in the past. I wasn't sure if it was a clone or not. I'll check it out!

justsomeguy wrote:

There is  a Chinese company, Geeetech, who makes a printer that appears to be a direct copy of the SD2 (except they use actual bearings).  You might try contacting them to see if their platform works as a drop in replacement.  As a bonus, if this does work, you'll have bearings rather than bushings on your z platform.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/8835/ 2015-01-10T21:06:36Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78387/#p78387 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> Thank you!! I can probably work with that!

KD wrote:

Here is a STEP file of the wooden SD2 platform pulled from a complete printer found online. It should give you all the dims needed to build a new one or design your own.
I use it as a basis for all mods to my SD2. So far, everything has checked out dimensionally.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/8835/ 2015-01-10T21:05:46Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78386/#p78386 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> Here is a STEP file of the wooden SD2 platform pulled from a complete printer found online. It should give you all the dims needed to build a new one or design your own.
I use it as a basis for all mods to my SD2. So far, everything has checked out dimensionally.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/261/ 2015-01-10T17:05:29Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78359/#p78359 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> There is  a Chinese company, Geeetech, who makes a printer that appears to be a direct copy of the SD2 (except they use actual bearings).  You might try contacting them to see if their platform works as a drop in replacement.  As a bonus, if this does work, you'll have bearings rather than bushings on your z platform.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/302/ 2015-01-10T15:54:49Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78353/#p78353 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> also with the new duel heads and compact designs you can now make a SD2 with duel extruders using same 6x6x6 base which is all I determined I needed over 2 years ago for 99% of anything I may print. and I have over 7,000 stl files so...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/795/ 2015-01-10T01:48:45Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78302/#p78302 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> yeah cant believe Solidoodle even stopped making models 1,2 & 3. as they all had great possibilities. everyone's stuck on biggest instead of whats needed. extruding type 3D printers for the foreseeable future are not able to print fast or good enough to feasibly print large objects in any time frame within cost efficiency for production. nobody wants to print something that takes days to maybe finish or fail. much less in a home/office environment.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/795/ 2015-01-10T01:44:49Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78300/#p78300 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> That would be great! smile I've got spools of PET+ from MadeSolid I can use!

AZERATE wrote:

SD2 platform is 4 7/8 x 10 7/16
Anyone with a 3/4 that can compare this?

I know the width should be the same, but the length on the other hand....

EDIT: I've been dragging my feet on designing a printable platform. Maybe I will be able to work on it this weekend. wink

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/8835/ 2015-01-10T00:56:45Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78292/#p78292 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> SD2 platform is 4 7/8 x 10 7/16
Anyone with a 3/4 that can compare this?

I know the width should be the same, but the length on the other hand....

EDIT: I've been dragging my feet on designing a printable platform. Maybe I will be able to work on it this weekend. wink

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4188/ 2015-01-10T00:46:14Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78288/#p78288 <![CDATA[Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform]]> @n2ri @mdrVB6

Contacting them was the first thing I did. They didn't provide a solution. The rep who emailed me back said they don't sell them (wood or aluminum).

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/8835/ 2015-01-10T00:38:46Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/78285/#p78285