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Replicator Aluminum Arms + 3-Point Leveling by garyacrowellsr
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Last crawled date: 4 years, 7 months ago
This is just my install of Bottleworks' Aluminum Arms for the Replicator. I just did it a bit differently, incorporating a wide-stance* 3-point leveling system based upon the alternate heater board of http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:43207. This Thing depends on having that board, the Bottleworks arms, and a handy mill; so probably somewhere between zero and none of you will be able to do this exactly as I did. So consider this an 'idea' thing.
First, my apologies in advance to Bottleworks for inflicting my dull cutters and ham-handed machining skills upon his beautiful arms. I needed to replace the main plywood platform between the arms, and I couldn't find 5mm ply locally, so the first thing I had to do was to mill out the platform slot in the arms to 1/4 inch. Then, in the final two inches of the slot, I plunged to open it completely through the arms. This slot made it possible to use a new ply platform, with 'wings' that extend outwards to support leveling posts at the forward corners of the build plate. They're easier to reach, and give a finer adjustment than the original narrower footprint. The alternate heater board includes a rear center hole for the third leveling point.
insert Larry Craig humor here.
First, my apologies in advance to Bottleworks for inflicting my dull cutters and ham-handed machining skills upon his beautiful arms. I needed to replace the main plywood platform between the arms, and I couldn't find 5mm ply locally, so the first thing I had to do was to mill out the platform slot in the arms to 1/4 inch. Then, in the final two inches of the slot, I plunged to open it completely through the arms. This slot made it possible to use a new ply platform, with 'wings' that extend outwards to support leveling posts at the forward corners of the build plate. They're easier to reach, and give a finer adjustment than the original narrower footprint. The alternate heater board includes a rear center hole for the third leveling point.
insert Larry Craig humor here.