Close



Results 1 to 10 of 22

Threaded View

  1. #6
    Staff Engineer printbus's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Location
    Highlands Ranch, Colorado USA
    Posts
    1,437
    Add printbus on Thingiverse
    Quote Originally Posted by PyramidDave View Post
    I would be interested in any thoughts on this before printing it.
    Assuming printing on the flat side instead of vertically, and printing this as one piece rather than two, one suggestion would be to extend some reinforcement edges at the top and bottom to the right from the doubled-up part. A weak point in the wood design is at a vertical line between the doubled-up part and the horizontal v-rails. The large plate won't flex behind either the motor or the v-rails, but belt tension can cause the large plate to flex at that weak point line; your design carries forward that concern. Extending some reinforcement lips or ridges forward at the height of the doubled-up part might help reduce flex there. On the bad side, those reinforcements would have to work around the upper idler wheel bolt head and Z-nut bracket, and many of us have relocated the X-endstop to the bottom of the lower v-rail. Perhaps the reinforcements don't have to overlap the v-rails very far for them to be of benefit. Another thought is that the reinforcement might be achieved by adding it in the area between the two v-rails rather than at the top and bottom.
    Last edited by printbus; 05-22-2015 at 01:51 PM.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •