<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/10131/bed-stabilizer-i-made/ Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:08:39 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/88373/#p88373

]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:08:39 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/88373/#p88373 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87838/#p87838 Damon550 wrote:

well done on the remake i like to see that you have taken the time and effort to recreate what i lost the files too


That was yours awesome. Sorry I couldnt remember name and give you the proper credits at the time. But nice design, just did best I could w pics I saw...kudos to you for the original. Works great

]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:58:40 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87838/#p87838 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87837/#p87837 well done on the remake i like to see that you have taken the time and effort to recreate what i lost the files too

]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:55:40 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87837/#p87837 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87806/#p87806 Oh super, great work. Have been meaning to do just this.
I'm making one of these as soon as I can, parts already lying around!! smile

]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:23:29 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87806/#p87806 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87706/#p87706 I have the e3d and lawsey extruder carriage so my height already is lower so the arm hitting block was never an issue since its so low without stabilizer...good to see ways arpund that for stock hot end users. Ill add that to notes on thingiverse post your build up there and any comments too so others can benefit from your find

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:35:09 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87706/#p87706 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87705/#p87705 Yeah it makes it like a rock I love it, I printed a super tall 3 thin waled box and it helped a ton in keeping bed from wiggling. Glad to see you found a way to make it work. All printers and configs and mods will be diff from person to person so what worked for me (as we now see) may not work for you. Enjoy it man, happy printing

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:32:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87705/#p87705 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87703/#p87703 Mostly there!  I printed the parts in ABS overnight, and discovered that the right arm not only needs to be the short length, it needs to be upside down, so the sleeve doesn't run into the block at the lowest Z position.

I needed to wrap each bearing in 2 (should have been 2.5?) wraps of blue painter's tape to make them fit in the sleeves.  Fit was about the same in ABS and PLA, but that doesn't mean my machine is calibrated.

The (front of) the bed is now like a rock, can't wait to print something.  8*)

It turns out there are two stabilization effects here.  One is keeping the (front of the) frame from moving side to side (the obvious one).  The second effect is jamming something between the frame and the springs, which stabilizes the bed adjusting screws so they don't allow the bed to move in the X and Y axes.  Now to figure out a similar stabilizer for the rear of the bed, which still wobbles a bit...

FWIW:  The stabilizer takes 10-20 mm off the height of the build volume, so don't try to move the Z axis all the way down.

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:11:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87703/#p87703 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87673/#p87673 jagowilson wrote:

you've become quite the scholar and gentleman wink nice work and thanks for sharing


Thanks Jago and no prob, doing what I can to give back...after taking so much and learning a ton, only right. Also building MendelMax as we speak...cant wait to see how this baby goes

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 01:34:55 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87673/#p87673 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87671/#p87671 you've become quite the scholar and gentleman wink nice work and thanks for sharing

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 01:11:22 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87671/#p87671 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87670/#p87670 Okay split items up, blocks have bigger rod hole. Included set of short arms and long all seperate files. Hope this helps

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 01:05:35 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87670/#p87670 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87617/#p87617 Mine are smaller...okay ill make two sets of arms one pair short one long snd split up blocks make rod hole slightly larger. If you want in meantime you can split them in Cura...click file itll auto openin it, right click select split object than right click items you dont want to print select delete repeat as necessary. Than go to file save model and voila. Just make sure when you add to RH the drop down tag is set to one on the model. It comes up unknown material if not.....I get this is drawn out, but way to print what you want until I get a chance to adjust and upload. Going to be bit at work now, sorry again (got caught up building my MendelMax yesterday)

]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:49:24 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87617/#p87617 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87612/#p87612 Maybe I've got bigger Y-belt tensioners?

It'd be great if you could post the individual parts so I can print two short arms without printing everything twice...

I'm switching to ABS, which will hopefully solve some of my issues...

Thanks!

]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:12:51 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87612/#p87612 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87508/#p87508 Also another reason mine peob works because im using lawsey carriage mk5 and ed3 so I need that extra space so both rods are as far from bed as possible so my print head/careiage doesnt hit...also design of carriage might be keeping me from running into issue you have. Let me know your setup, hotend, stock carriahes or not etc...I want this to be easy and universal. Thanks for feedback

]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:11:02 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87508/#p87508 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87506/#p87506 w_smith wrote:

I printed a set in PLA (better than nothing), and the 8mm rod holes are too small (easy to drill out), but the bearing holes are about one mm too large, so I'm going to have to tape them before inserting them.

Also on the SD4, the Y belt tensioners get in the way, so you need two of the short arms.

Can't wait for my current print to finish so I can install the stabilizer and stop the jitters!

Yeah the block holes are tiny totally forgot to make them bigger, will update file. Sorry. For the bearings I used ABS and its snug (prob because of shrinkage) its easier to build up a bearing than equally ream out so I figured a tad bigger is easier to deal w than smaller. Also if using ABS size is perfect. For the arm the rod sits right in crook of y tension block and bolt for pulley. This might be a problem due to printed parts by SDand slight variations but I have no issue w the arm. Mines an SD4 and no probs, post pic of your issue ill see whats up. Prob put up two short arms and one long as option in file. The reason I left them diff was more aesthetics, when doors closed the right side ride blocks and stuff is hidden by door. But ty for heads up, and results using PLA

]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:07:00 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87506/#p87506 <![CDATA[Re: Bed stabilizer I made]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87486/#p87486 I printed a set in PLA (better than nothing), and the 8mm rod holes are too small (easy to drill out), but the bearing holes are about one mm too large, so I'm going to have to tape them before inserting them.

Also on the SD4, the Y belt tensioners get in the way, so you need two of the short arms.

Can't wait for my current print to finish so I can install the stabilizer and stop the jitters!

]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:49:30 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87486/#p87486