Printable Bed plate upgrade

ashsoft2000

Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 18, 2014 12:00PM

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Following with the ethos of the Reprap printers being able to reproduce I have designed printable parts for Ormerod. These parts help with the bed stability and can be used with the existing MDF bed plate or with Davek0974's aluminum triangular bed plate.

Part STl's are available on Thingiverse. [www.thingiverse.com]

Les

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onno

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 18, 2014 12:06PM

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That looks good! A very clever and yet simple design. I'll give printing of it a go later this weekend

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dmould

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 19, 2014 06:42AM

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Surely the bed top is bigger than the glass, so cannot be printed on the Ormerod?

Dave
(#106)

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ashsoft2000

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 19, 2014 08:51AM

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Hi Dave,

Yes you are right, I have included the bed top to show the position for the additional holes at the front right & left.

The four parts to print are the :-

Left_Belt_Grip.stl
Cross_Rib.stl
Rear_Rib.stl

and if you are re-using the MDF Bed top
Front_support.stl

Regards
Les

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michaelljunggren

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 19, 2014 04:04PM

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Would you recommend printing these as solid, or with any particular amount of infill?

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ashsoft2000

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 20, 2014 04:40AM

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I printed my set with line infill 20%.

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michaelljunggren

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 20, 2014 02:12PM

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About that "left belt grip". It has the function of a belt tensioner. What worries me is that the belts entire force goes through that screw using only sideways friction. Slipping, wear and tear seem unavoidable. Is it really reliable in the end?

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ashsoft2000

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 20, 2014 02:28PM

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I guess time will tell. All I know is its now easier to tension the belt and circles now look more circular after the mod.

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Zonzo

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 22, 2014 02:58PM

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Thanks Les for the work

I hope to print and mount it tomorrow, I'm really curious.

About the Z axis top mount that I see on thingiverse, you read my mind! it's a long time that I think at this mod to reduce the Z rod moving, but I'm not soo good with Cad... so thaks smileys with beer

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ashsoft2000

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 22, 2014 05:07PM

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Your welcome Zonzo,

For anyone else that have not seen the Z axis top mount here's the link www.thingiverse.com/thing:305076.

Les

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Zonzo

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 23, 2014 05:13AM

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Les,

what kind of setting are you use on slic3r?

I see that in the stl some pieces are set vertical and not flat on the bed, so the contact point is really small, do you use support? or simply Slice with Cura and rotate that part?

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ashsoft2000

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 23, 2014 09:48AM

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Zonzo,
Turn the Z_upper_mount2.stl over 180 to print. I didn't use any support when I printed.

Les

Printer :- RS Ormerod since March 2014
Firmware :- 0.57a Duet 16-1-2014
Printer Software :- Repetier-Host 0.95F for windows

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JMC

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 24, 2014 06:11AM

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Hi ashsoft2000 i like your design did you use openSCAD or CAD to do these ? i would love to print them but i have modified our printers y belt and would need to change some mounts to make things fit (if thats ok).

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ashsoft2000

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 24, 2014 07:35AM

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Hi JMC

I used the RS Designspark Mechanical to produce these parts, the source file can be found on my github.

https://github.com/lesash/Ormerod/tree/master/Upgrades

help yourself to the rsdoc files.

Regards
Les

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JMC

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 24, 2014 11:33AM

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ashsoft2000
Hi JMC

I used the RS Designspark Mechanical to produce these parts, the source file can be found on my github.

https://github.com/lesash/Ormerod/tree/master/Upgrades

help yourself to the rsdoc files.

Regards
Les

Thanks

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Ormerod187

Re: Printable Bed plate upgrade
April 24, 2014 04:17PM

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Quote
ashsoft2000

Part STl's are available on Thingiverse. [www.thingiverse.com]

Les

Hi Les,
well done!

Thanks
Dario

Ormerod 187
Firmware Electronics: Duet 0.6
Firmware Version:1.18.1 (2017-04-07)
Web Interface Version:1.15a
Slic3r 1.2.9a and Simplify3D 4.0.0
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