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Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (isaax) — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 04:08:05 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (xlq1010) — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 02:27:13 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (n2ri) — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:14:26 +0000

carriages are like modified lawsys. may be able to use Wards cyclops mount on it even

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (n2ri) — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:12:44 +0000

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

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (wire10ga) — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 13:18:37 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (n2ri) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:53:35 +0000

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

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (isaax) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:06:36 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (isaax) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:05:46 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (KD) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 17:05:29 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (justsomeguy) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:54:49 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (n2ri) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 01:48:45 +0000

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...

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (n2ri) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 01:44:49 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (isaax) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:56:45 +0000

That would be great! 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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (AZERATE) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:46:14 +0000

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.

Re: SD2 - Replacement wooden or aluminum Z platform

null@example.com (isaax) — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:38:46 +0000

@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).