Originally Posted by
jfkansas
I plan on it, thinking about doing a little board crowd funding at first as pre orders or something.
There are 3 different packages that will be offered.
1. This package is a fully conversion for Creator X and Qidi printers with 8mm Z axis rods. Going to be around 140 and the end user will need to print some parts. Included is a platform, 10mm linear bearings and guide rods. They are very high quality units from Misumi.
2. This is the first package with me providing all the plastic parts in what ever color. $160.
3. This will be just the platform $80, the end user will need to print top and bottom supports for the guide rods for maximum effectiveness. This will fit all Creator Pros from Flash Forge and the Qidi when they already have 10mm rods and bearings. The platform bearings on the Creator pro have a narrow flange with 2 mount points. I have the platform drilled for a full 4 hole flange, but the 2 holes should be fine also.
Also know that the build plate needs to be modified a bit to use this platform. For a long time I have wanted to move the adjuster mount points out to the corners and this platform supports that. What you have to do is turn the build plate and heater around so the plugs are in the front. Then just move the bolts around so the outside bolts on the back are the adjusters. Doing this removes the "teeter" from the platform when adjusting and it provides much better support.
To go even further a user could even drill out the mounting holes in the platform and change to 4mm bolts for the adjusters. I might do this to mine at some point.