anyone redesign the z nut trap?

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KimBrown
Erik.... My printer travels 1200 MILES / Month....... How far does yours travel?
On top of that it spends 50% of it's life on the Ocean..... Does yours?

What differnce does that make, even more reasons to get the z-axis fixed, don't you think? - as I wrote, this is not right:

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...You can push it back square very easily, you don't have to slacken screws....

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!......and furthermore.....Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

he he....

Erik

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droftarts

Yes, Erik, I've added 2 x M4x10mm countersunk for the z-corner-bracket to the list for changing! Not much I can do about the people who have already received their kits, unfortunately...

..no I can't think of anything either....Heeey, wait a minute! - how about adding a note in the assembly instruction to shorten the already received 12mm screws?

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Erik

This is my take on the Z Nut Trap piece...

• It is printed laying down, and I think it printed better and faster
• It has an 8mm, fully enclosed nut recess.(As you can see from the photo I use a larger Z Nut)

Note. I use a microswitch for the X axis and Z axis, which means I am completely probeless. (Not sue if this piece would work with the probe)

I am probably going to do some more tweaks as I have room for more meat around the top nut. I was also thinking of added a piece next to the top nut with a hole to grip the filament guide tube.

Regards,

Les

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Looks good. Is the design shared and available somewhere?

I tweaked the design a bit and added a filament guide....



I have attached a version without the guide too, in case you don't like the idea. If you are going to use the one with the guide, clean out the small hole with a 2mm drill, and then carefully clean up the other side with a 3mm drill.(Don't go too far, it should go in 5mm)

As stated above I am probeless so not sure if this would interfere with the probe or not.

Regards,

Les

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Hi Guys.
It's been a while (several months) but finally found time to look at my printer again.
I've just fitted the aluminium x rib but realize now that I should have printed the modified z nut trap.
Would any of you kind people be able to print one off for me and post it.

Thanks

Jon

Jon, which country do you live in?

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Large delta printer [miscsolutions.wordpress.com], E3D tool changer, Robotdigg SCARA printer, Crane Quad and Ormerod

Disclosure: I design Duet electronics and work on RepRapFirmware, [duet3d.com].

I live in Bishop's Stortford. UK.
I will, of course, cover all costs.
Thanks.
Jon
PS I'm also fitting your no.5 kit.
I'm a bit behind with all your developments at the moment.
So trying to catch up now I've got my priorities sorted.

I've just printed it and I'll put it in the post on Monday. Please send me your address by PM, to save me searching my paypal records.

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Large delta printer [miscsolutions.wordpress.com], E3D tool changer, Robotdigg SCARA printer, Crane Quad and Ormerod

Disclosure: I design Duet electronics and work on RepRapFirmware, [duet3d.com].

FWIW I just found an Z axis issue that has plagued me for a few weeks. That long brass Z nut was binding something terrible on the new steel threaded rod. It is possible the nut needed to have a tap ran through it, but replacing it with a simple small nut has fixed the issue and so far it sounds and prints much better. Not sure what happened, the nut went on cleanly originally, but I had to use a wrench on it in the middle of the rod to get it off just now. My Z rod moves slightly at the top, nothing major. The threaded rod was run through a die but I didn't have the tap set when I got the brass nut. If you still have Z axis trouble, double check that the Z nut is free to travel on the threaded rod. And I am using the extended Z nut trap as well.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/05/2014 07:48AM by Amsterdamman.

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