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[bigo93]

Oh and digital calipers are pretty useful as well.

I bought some for £26 from my local hardware store, but if you want you can choose the cheaper ones on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_fr...liper&_sacat=0


Remember some of the things are from China, takes 2-3 weeks to arrive.
Surprisingly I have never not received an item which has been posted from China, received them all!

Bulldog clips you will need, the 18 (15 small 3 large) pack from Poundland is useful and cheap.

I was going to add bronze bushings to my printer as I saw a video which says it makes the printer a lot quieter; but then read up that dist etc gets in between these and over time makes it harder to move, so decided not to.

Before you do anything else try printing a circular item, such as the washer in this list: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:193647/#files
Make sure it's actually round, not a bad oval like mine were.
I still need to print a but and a bolt from there to make sure the prints work and you can screw the bolt into the nut. I'll do that on Saturday I guess.

Oh and hairspray I think is OK for PLA, I bought some #5 Freeze Hold Tresemme; but ABS juice/glue is great for ABS



Here if a photo of my printer with mods
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As you can see the small bulldogs clips are OK to use on the bed extenders, and then 2 large ones on the left and right centres, and it holds the glass tight. No hairspray has been added between glass and plate though.
I've printed this holder for my dial gauge: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:222379
But my dial gauge is 0-10mm and is a little short.
So this weekend I will try to carve away a little bit from the top to allow the dial to sink into the piece, and the shaft fall all the way down.
atm if I add magnets to it, the dial still ends up a little short, without magnets it's fine but obviously moves too much.
Oh and the magnets from these you can get from some headphone speakers. If you have any old ones rip them apart, or buy some from Poundland. Different speakers will use different size magnets though.

The fan on the motherboard is apparently useless as well. So as other have suggested I have removed it altogther, and it's made the printer a lot quieter as well since that fan isnt shaking the little strip of wood it is mounted on.

And not done this one yet, but a cable chain upgrade: http://www.thingiverse.com/search/pa...able+chain&sa=
So many to choose from so not sure which one I will choose yet.

Also did your printer come with plastic pulleys like mine, or metal ones?