Gina

But what is it? ?

Excellent, Kev! Well done! ? I think some foam strip around the pier at floor level would be a good idea to prevent small objects dropping through, unless floor tiles are going to do the same thing.

Finished the stripping down and now re-building. Y rails sorted out and in place. Y carriages (with X rail) run very smoothly. Also, have XY motors attached with brackets.

Good luck. That's the sort of problem I have!!

I'm currently almost rebuilding this printer as I'm dissatisfied with certain aspects of it. The Z drive with the 4 threaded rods is very noisy and slow. The brackets for the bed failed to hold it when printing with a high bed temperature so I had it supported on pieces of wood on the floor. In spite of the bungy cords to lift it, the umbilical tended to catch at high level printing. The arrangement of Z drive and XY carriage limited the printing area. To overcome these problems I'm changing from moving the XY plane for Z axis to the more standard moving print bed, replacing the 5mm thick aluminium bed with a 2mm aluminium sheet supported on aluminium extrusion, parts of which will form the Z carriage. The threaded rod Z drive will be replaced with cord support on the four corners as I have in one of my other printers. The cords will be taken over pulleys to a crosswise bar on which they will be wound up to lift the bed, with the bar driven by reduction spur gears (3D printed) from a stepper motor.

Looking good

I started with a Celestron but since have gone for SkyWatcher - same make anyway.

Well said, Kev. Same applies to me. I'm not always right either. I just hope my ideas and project write-ups are useful and interesting and sometimes humourous.

Looking good Kev

I've started work on improving my Giant printer - didn't like my previous design and it had a few problems.

Yes, I used SketchUp to design mine. Examined numerous designs before deciding on ROR with warm room.

I can thorroughly recommend the Duet WiFi boards - I have them on all 3 of my printers and find them superb. Better prints, easier to use and quiet printer operation (except for fans).

If you can!! ?

That was what I did - started using it before it was finished. Actually, not all the jobs on the list did get finished but who cares? ?

Actually, I think it's quite impressive given the low price of the printer.

Not bad ?

I'm told kilts are very warm. I find a thick woolen skirt to be quite warm but I'm not bare underneath and don't have "dangly bits" ?

Very muddy here - we've had a lot of rain!

'Tisn't is it!!! Looking like rain coming soon here!

I bet you are!!

Loads more 3D printing filament from colorFabb having taken advantage of their 25% off Black Friday several weeks deal. Their PLA Economy is very good and half the price of other top-notch brands. Only downside is small number of colours.

Indeed it does! ?

I need the exercise ?

Wonderful - thanks for the links.

WOW!! That is quite some construction there James - looks fantastic ?