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WildBill
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Is the actual CAD file available for the printer head?

If the CAD file was available, I could easily modify the printer head to accept the Igus Drylin bearings. It shouldn't be hard to design it like the Z axis bearings are captured. It won't be a light press fit as is known in the machinery world, but it should be a nice interference fit.

Posted : 10/10/2016 6:41 pm
David T.
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Re: Is the actual CAD file available for the printer head?

Import X-carriage STL file into CAD program of your choice, modify, export as STL, profit. 😉
STL files of printed parts are on github.

Posted : 10/10/2016 7:30 pm
WildBill
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Topic starter answered:
Re: Is the actual CAD file available for the printer head?

I have the STL file, and imported it into Autocad Inventor 2017 and it won't let me make any changes. It's a course file meant for printing, not designing.

Posted : 10/10/2016 10:56 pm
David T.
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Re: Is the actual CAD file available for the printer head?

I don't know Autocad Inventor, but did you try to save it as Inventor native file format before any changes?
Or maybe you could use some online file converter.

Posted : 11/10/2016 12:02 am
Omikron
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Re: Is the actual CAD file available for the printer head?

If it's helpful to know, all of the original parts were designed in OpenSCAD, not a traditional CAD program. They are also available in the github repo.

Posted : 11/10/2016 12:24 am
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