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I’ve waited a long time to get this upgrade on the printer, the screws/t slot nuts were lost in transit, but they got here eventually, the Chinese supplier was more than helpful.
I used these bottom and top bracket models I got from thingiverse.com, they are a bit OTT in size, and I reckoned I could have made the pair much smaller myself, this only became obvious after I had installed them on the printer.
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I used two 6 mm threaded metal rods 60 cm long that came from the local hardware store and I coated then in two different coloured tubing that I’d made earlier, the tubing were to long to make as a single piece, so why not make them in two colours.
The brackets were a bitch to fit and I only used 3 screws instead of 4 on each to hold them on firmly, I had to jiggle them about to get all the nuts to lock in position at the same time, they wound have been more suited on the back than on the front.
As to whether they will make any difference to the overall quality and performance of the printer remains to be seen, and they could only be for window dressing, BUT if they get in my way and become a nuisance, then they’ll come off rather quickly, I reckon the trash bin could do with the extra window dressing..
I used these bottom and top bracket models I got from thingiverse.com, they are a bit OTT in size, and I reckoned I could have made the pair much smaller myself, this only became obvious after I had installed them on the printer.
Click to enlarge.
I used two 6 mm threaded metal rods 60 cm long that came from the local hardware store and I coated then in two different coloured tubing that I’d made earlier, the tubing were to long to make as a single piece, so why not make them in two colours.
The brackets were a bitch to fit and I only used 3 screws instead of 4 on each to hold them on firmly, I had to jiggle them about to get all the nuts to lock in position at the same time, they wound have been more suited on the back than on the front.
As to whether they will make any difference to the overall quality and performance of the printer remains to be seen, and they could only be for window dressing, BUT if they get in my way and become a nuisance, then they’ll come off rather quickly, I reckon the trash bin could do with the extra window dressing..