carlos
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Post by carlos on Mar 17, 2016 18:48:55 GMT
Recently installed glass onto of my bed and needed a way to adjust the z endstop. I ended up making a simple printable Z endstop adjuster that fits in nicely to the bed carriage. It even has a handy wire run on the bottom for the heat bed's wires. www.thingiverse.com/thing:1423682Hope this helps others. |
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Post by 3DprintedLife on Mar 17, 2016 22:15:52 GMT
Very clever! That's a great non-intrusive way to add this capability. Someone else did a similar feature by drilling and tapping a hole then adding a long bolt with a spring as a way to adjust the trigger, but that requires drilling and tapping and more parts of course!
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Post by carlos on Mar 18, 2016 2:28:46 GMT
Yes I saw that and that's exactly what I wanted to avoid. I had another idea for an adjuster that might be even easier, but I'll see what kind of time I have to do that. Hope this helps others.
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Post by animoose on Apr 20, 2016 22:04:23 GMT
Just printed one of these and it looks nice - good work.
The only problem I had was when I came to fit it, at which point I realized I had assembled my Z axis upside down! I mean I had attached the flanged bearings and the leadscrew nut from the wrong side. Fortunately, it took only a few minutes to fix it. I guess I was doing this part after the beer when it should have been before.
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Post by carlos on Apr 21, 2016 1:44:31 GMT
Ha, I'm guilty of the same thing. But had it running that way for awhile until I realized it.
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Post by carlos on May 18, 2016 21:01:36 GMT
Thought I'd let everyone know I updated the z-end stop adjuster. This time it's much beefier and even easier to adjust. www.thingiverse.com/thing:1573464 Hope you all find it useful. |
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Post by rock75 on May 18, 2016 22:13:41 GMT
Thought I'd let everyone know I updated the z-end stop adjuster. This time it's much beefier and even easier to adjust. www.thingiverse.com/thing:1573464 Hope you all find it useful. Sweet looking update Carlos! Thanks for sharing. I Will defiantly be trying this out. Cheers, Rock |
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Rick
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Post by Rick on May 20, 2016 0:35:41 GMT
Hi Carlos,
I was working on a similar item but you finished yours first! Your design is also much cleaner. Anyway I printed up yours and had a few suggestions. The plate that holds the endstop is a little too thin and a little too narrow. There is a little to much slop from side to side, even when I crank down on the screw. Thicken and widen up the plate and it will be perfect!
Rick
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Post by Rick on May 20, 2016 20:51:16 GMT
Carlos your design is so simple and elegant compared to what I was working on. I got impatient and tweaked your design just a little and here is what I came up with:   Changes: Widened the slider to allow for plugs pins to not hit the bracket. Made the tabs on the bracket thicker so I could use M5x10 that I had left. Moved the slider a little further away from the 2020 extrusion so that the endstop PCB would not hit the head of the M5 bolt. Tighten up the bracket around the slider so the system is very solid with no wobble once tightened up. Carlos do you mind if i post it as a remix? And I was cutting it a little too close when printing, only about 0.5 of a meter was left when done!  |
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carlos
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Post by carlos on May 22, 2016 16:30:52 GMT
Please do, just do a remix on thingiverse. Love it when you just have the right amount of filament.
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Post by Rick on May 25, 2016 17:55:06 GMT
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