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I spent a good deal of yesterday working on this. It was a nice indoor job to work on while it was raining. After getting the X-Axis assembly...
I might have found the problem with my z motor mounts not coming out quite square. While making a jig to get the offset between 8mm Z-axis...
I have some wide painters tape I use on my 3d printer instead of using a heat bed & glue stick for larger parts. My biggest problem with superglue...
That's a good idea. I have heard of using carpet tape & bought some a while back, but have not tried that yet. Think I want to surface my bed...
My x-axis motor mount for my 5 year old 3d printer came out quite well today. Using the air to cool it is magic. If you look at the 4th photo...
My new end mill arrived yesterday. I have my air assist ready for cutting aluminum this time. That should help a lot from what I have been...
I have been looking at redesigning the x idler part on this 3d printer for a while & decided to look at making it similar to the Y-axis idler...
I had to file out the M5 & Eccentric holes a little until they were a good fit and also filed off the edges smooth on the x-axis idler plate....
Thanks. I was actually milling out the holes on the motor plate when it broke, so I need the 1/8" bit for those. Of course the bit might have...
I am finally getting into to cutting aluminum with this machine. I was using a Yonico 31011-SC 1/8" with1/4" shank O flute upcut . It broke after...
My 2nd test on cutting aluminum was pretty good. I did some hole size tests & cut a small 16mmx35mm plate. The eccentric hole size was tight,...
The puzzle continues. I removed the 2 wood side back panels today. I decided a day or so ago that I wasn't going to remove the main frame with the...
I was thinking of taking the wood frame out today, but have a few prints I would like to do before doing this. I did see one problem of how I was...
This Y-axis to bottom X middle V-slot connection turned out to be quite easy to design. Here is what I came up with & a 30 minute print for each...
I have been looking the machine & the model over some more before taking the wood frame out as I want to have all the parts I need once I take it...
I mostly fixed my problem with the printer. I had changed the pancake motor extruder mount to come off the back of as you can see from one of...
I got both z mounts printed yesterday & while looking at them this morning they didn't look perpendicular to the V-Slot. I think they are way too...
After spending too much time filing the plastic on a Z-axis motor mount to fit the vertical 2020 v-slot, I did some more test prints of a smaller...
I am printing the Z-axis motor mounts today which is the last parts I need to actually print to take the wood frame out of the mix. Those mounts...
I have been working on cleaning up my shed this week so I can cut some aluminum plate on my Sphinx CNC to replace the wood/plastic parts on the...
