MendelMax Z axis mounts and clamp
Description
We made a redesign of the Z-axis parts as we wanted to beef up the Z axis mounts. The Z motor mount was beefed up as the original was a bit thin and cracked a bit too easy. The bottom Z mount was more stable and is able to hold a 608 bearing for an 8mm drive shaft. The bottom Z mount was also moved from sitting on the table surface and M5 nut captures were added. The z clamp are also different as they are a little shorter than the standard Mendelmax Z-clamps.
All of the hardware is the same except you will need two extra M5 10mm screws for the bottom Z-mount. We used x4 M5 14mm screws for the clamps. The M5 14mm screws were actually what we had to use with the standard parts so you may already longer screws there.
**Update 2/15/2012**
Added Solidworks files
All of the hardware is the same except you will need two extra M5 10mm screws for the bottom Z-mount. We used x4 M5 14mm screws for the clamps. The M5 14mm screws were actually what we had to use with the standard parts so you may already longer screws there.
**Update 2/15/2012**
Added Solidworks files
Instructions
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paul
on
March 17, 2012
said:
Great redesign. One issue: I was able to load the upper and lower Z mount stl files but not the Z clamp.
Anonymous
on
February 27, 2012
said:
Could you please tell me, how long the distance from the top z mount hole to the ball bearing of your mount is?
Thank you very much
Gene_Hacker
on
January 19, 2012
said:
That's funny looking shape, did you by any chance do FEA on those parts and optimize them?
AlephObjects
on
January 14, 2012
said:
These are actually the same clamp as what is on the MendelMax but not as long. As far as I know there has been no reports of that clamp type breaking. We'll keep an eye on them though. :)
License
MendelMax Z axis mounts and clamp by AlephObjects is licensed under the Creative Commons - GNU GPL license.

I made a copy for 10mm rods:
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