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New X carriage design posted
Feb. 8th, 2012 10:17 pmI was under pressure to get an X carriage ready to go with the Aleph Objects bushings, so that I could have it ready to deliver to a friend at Capricon this weekend. The first revision is on my printer making a TARDIS right now, the 2nd revision is printed and in the suitcase.
Published on Thingiverse, #17262
I'm going with these bushings on everything from now on. I may loosen them up a touch though, I had to heat my X rod with a butane torch then slide the carriage over the hot spot to get the thing loose enough to print. But the ease with which this and the Aleph X ends allows disassembly for modification or part replacement is great, and these parts are simpler, much easier to build with, take less plastic and FAR less time to print, and as far as I can tell work at least as well as the official parts.
Published on Thingiverse, #17262
I'm going with these bushings on everything from now on. I may loosen them up a touch though, I had to heat my X rod with a butane torch then slide the carriage over the hot spot to get the thing loose enough to print. But the ease with which this and the Aleph X ends allows disassembly for modification or part replacement is great, and these parts are simpler, much easier to build with, take less plastic and FAR less time to print, and as far as I can tell work at least as well as the official parts.
