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[Nr1madman]

Nice to see that you have make progress!
The extrusion you use has 10mm slots? From here did you buy the T nuts?

Nope!
I have 8mm slots with 40mm between the slots. That's why I had to make the adapter plates for the gantry. With 45mm extrusion the bearings could be bolted straight on.
Found this out to late in my planning.
Already had the side plates made.. ;)

One thing to do different with mk2 :D

I bought a bag of t-nuts from ali express.
They cost crazy money if bought locally in Sweden ;)

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[Desertboy]

Nope!
I have 8mm slots with 40mm between the slots. That's why I had to make the adapter plates for the gantry. With 45mm extrusion the bearings could be bolted straight on.

The distance between BK12/BF12 fittings is 46mm they do fit but it's less than perfect, my gantry is fit like this. I made adapters for my bottom axis (With the proper 46mm spacing) and you can tell the fit is better.

look under P

Personally if I build with extrusion again I will make adapters for all the BK/BF fittings. (A non issues for the Z of course)


T Nuts are expensive here I spent £45 on just over 100 to fit my Hiwin's.

[Nr1madman]

T Nuts are expensive here I spent £45 on just over 100 to fit my Hiwin's.

Ouch! I bought 50 tnuts from aliexpress for around 10-12£ with shipping included.
Got no VAT either :D


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