Clamps for Mendel inspired x and y carriage lowrider
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Published on March 2, 2011
Description
After the trouble with the magnets and the old carriage I thought this might need the clamps as well.
With the help of the added bolts the platform slides down firmly to its place and gets lock down with the lever on the right hand side.
When closed the lever is equal with the platform edge and is nicely hidden out of the way.
With the help of the added bolts the platform slides down firmly to its place and gets lock down with the lever on the right hand side.
When closed the lever is equal with the platform edge and is nicely hidden out of the way.
Instructions
Two ways of making this work (after printing the left and right stls).
1. Drill the holes to the existing carriage with the help of my awesome paint instructions.. or
2. Print the original carriage stl's that got modified.
Then insert one 3x10 bolt to the 07part with nut and one original m3 bolt (that came with the bot) to the 08part.
Attach the clamps to the platform and for the lever part I suggest you use either thread locker or a nyloc nut.
Test operation. The platform should slide to its place and the lever should turn to its place with ease and be level with platform edge.
1. Drill the holes to the existing carriage with the help of my awesome paint instructions.. or
2. Print the original carriage stl's that got modified.
Then insert one 3x10 bolt to the 07part with nut and one original m3 bolt (that came with the bot) to the 08part.
Attach the clamps to the platform and for the lever part I suggest you use either thread locker or a nyloc nut.
Test operation. The platform should slide to its place and the lever should turn to its place with ease and be level with platform edge.
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gpvillamil
on
March 13, 2011
said:
Great idea, works perfectly. I found that an M3 x 8 works fine instead of the M3 x 10. The Right part (the rotating knob) rubbed against one of the bearings when engaged, but it was easy to trim it down.
kitsu
on
March 2, 2011
said:
Cool!
My magnets haven't been holding at all lately. Magnets right under a heat source, what a stupid idea...
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Clamps for Mendel inspired x and y carriage lowrider by Fido is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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Thankyou very much for this nice solution for a problem that I have been trying to solve since day 1 8-)
No problem.
And if this gave you an idea for improvement, feel free to edit/adapt to your needs/ to a better design :)