<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/242/thumbscrew-to-level-bed-from-beneath/ Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:59:27 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20910/#p20910 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.

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:59:27 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/20910/#p20910 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20901/#p20901 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

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:23:30 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/20901/#p20901 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20895/#p20895 Did you get one of the new aluminum beds or is it wood?

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:07:34 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/20895/#p20895 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20894/#p20894 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?

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:52:14 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/20894/#p20894 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/15293/#p15293 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.

http://f.cl.ly/items/1t1o1G3V1q3r1S3e412Y/photo%202.JPG

]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:38 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/15293/#p15293 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/11785/#p11785 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.

]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:35:43 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/11785/#p11785 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/11661/#p11661 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?

]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:13:31 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/11661/#p11661 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/11363/#p11363 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!

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:43:18 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/11363/#p11363 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/11197/#p11197 I just turn mine with my fingers, just have to lower the bed to gain access.

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:54:16 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/11197/#p11197 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/11185/#p11185 Lucky you!

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:15:19 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/11185/#p11185 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/11184/#p11184 I recieved a hex driver with my SD2 that had a ball on the end. It works on angles that removed the hole requirment.

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:10:49 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/11184/#p11184 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/11128/#p11128 Yeah, drilling a hole in the case is essential.  I'm surprised that Solidoodle did not figure that out from day one.

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:18:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/11128/#p11128 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/11126/#p11126 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.

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:06:17 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/11126/#p11126 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/8168/#p8168 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!

]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:30:27 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/8168/#p8168 <![CDATA[Re: Thumbscrew to level bed from beneath]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/7762/#p7762 Just put on the ones jon_bondy provide. Love them! Thanks

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