Artillery Geniuz Z Brace Top Stability

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Parts needed, 1 x M10 rod 1meter (jigsaw, bench grinder) 6 x M5 bolts x 20mm 8 x M3 x 10 sefttapping EPOXY GLUE BLACK PLA BLUE PLA 2mm dril 3mm dril Print Instructions: No support needed, 5 layers, 5 walls, 33% infill, 0.16layer height since parts contain threads Assembly instruction: Botton parts in black (looks the best) clean base back corners with IPA or Acetone. Epoxy both sides, I secured the bottom parts with hotmelt glue, since my epoxy takes long time to cure. Top parts in blue (looks the best) clean corners with IPA do not use acetone here, Stick on both 3D printed parts, and use 2mm drill to pre cut the holes for self tapping, stop when you feel the aluminum ! Remove 3D printed top parts, and drill the 4 screw holes up to 3mm. WRAP alot of toilet paper round the two upright aluminium profiles and printer head and bed, just in case you drop some epoxy ! now add epoxy to the 3D printed parts where it will touch the top genius part, slide in, put in self tapping in the outher side first, suck up dripping epoxy under the 3D printed part, if it drips out, you added too much. now screw the two in the front, suck up epoxy again.. now the other side. M10 Rod : cut 440mm x 2, carefully chean each ends with bench grinder or file / sandpaper. when epoxy is compleetly cured, better wait to next day, stick in the rods from the top, screw into the bottom base parts firmly, until no metal sticks up the top. then screw in the side, the 3 x M5 screws, dont over tight, it is PLA. no need to be tight, the thread of the M10 will bite the PLA and make in insanely stable. Now the tower is stable, you most likely poked it a bit forward so level your bed, and enjoy. About the Quality improvement : I did glue my brass nuts for the two spindles, with the soft type of hotmelt glue, so they are not loose inside the blue plastic part. So i allready had super nice prints from this machine, I also spend alot of time tweeking profiles to handle this machines mecanical properties, so with my profiles, and the parts I normally create, the improvement is not that big, specially not compared to all the work and time that went into this project. How ever, if you print large objects, and are using the normally much faster profiles, I am sure you see alot more improvement.