Forklift Body With Weight Cavities

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Forgive me for not knowing how to post this as a remix. This is an updated version of the forklift body for the forklift created by tetzuya84. The only file here is the modified body. to get the rest of the parts, please go check out tetzuya84's upload.When i printed mine it was awesome but i found you were not able to put much weight on the forks before it would fall forward. I modified the body to have 4 cavities in it that can be filled with bb's to act as a counterweight like a real forklift. The body prints identical to the original all dimensions are exactly the same. (i included an image of the body cut to show the cavities). To fill it with bb's you need to first slice in cura, select the preview tab and then use the slider on the right to figure out which layer is the last one before the cavities get sealed. it was layer 310 for me, but depending on what settings you use - print quality etc yours could be different so you must verify. Extensions -> Post Processing -> modify g code -> add script -> pause at height.I am not going to go into detail of how to set it up from there, there are plenty of walkthroughs on the internet to show you how to do it. this will make the printer auto pause at the layer height you select allowing you to fill the cavities with weights. once filled you just resume print.