FLSun i3 OVERHAUL by Choutos2

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

EDIT 11-07-17; added some pics
Hi, this is my first project. I am new to 3d printing, but i think is quite well polished. The thing started when I saw that original kit was horrible designed. It worked, but mechanicaly it had huge flaws. I was very disaponited with X carriage disposition so I started to work on it.
Printing quality improved a lot, because belts are quite tight now and Z axis runs smooth, not like before that z carriage twisted when tighting belts.
This is an overhaul for Z carriage, to match the standard prusa mk2, wich I saw once and was sturdier and stiffer; much better than our original kit. It changes disposition of Z rods (smooth and threaded one) to be parallel to XZ plane. It also makes stiffer the Z stepper position; before it used to bend the acrylic because of the weight.
Separation between rods is 17mm, so you can use other mods that uses this Z carriage size.
Needed things:
-2 units of 8mm Steel rods, of a lenght between 330-360mm (2 buck on a industrial parts shop on my tiny city).
-A new belt, as because the wider X carriage, original one was not enought.
-2x 608zz bearings for the upper rod holders.
I recomend to use 4mm T-nuts for the frame rails, and washers, this improves stiffness of the whole mounting.
I also used some mods that fits perfectly without modification, they are shown on pics:
-FLSun I3 X Axis compatible with official Prusa mount (30mm fan needed).https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2196078
-Original prusa mk2 X carriage:http://www.prusa3d.com/prusa-i3-printable-parts/
-Smooth X-axis for Prusa i3 with Leadscrews, 17mm ones. For X endstop just drill the Xmotor part.https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1103976
-Y Mod by nuvh; Y idler bracket, Y stepper mount, and Y rods mount (modified for better printing quality). This mod makes you lose a bit printing height (165 mm max):https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2278907https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2259865
-Extruder (mine was completely bended, and this works great, but needs mk8 drive gear):https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1064390
-Z endstop, this works but I will probaly modifying it to better fit my mod:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2048915
Tell me if you find any issues with this mod, or if you find better mod combinations, or if you just find it great or crap.
Comments and thumbs are wellcome!