MM2 (MendelMax 2) Z Isolator & Brass/Bronze Leadscrew Mount

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I'm posting this on Thingiverse and sharing the file, but I haven't printed or tested it yet, so bear with me if there are some bugs to work out. Hopefully, by the time you read this, I'll have gotten my feet wet with posting here and can share some updated designs. Maker's Tool Works has started selling a new lead screw nut made from bronze/brass that's much smoother than their old plastic/delrin version, but they've come up with a mounting solution that wastes valuable Z height space and forces you to use screws for no good reason. I was thinking of designing my own mount from scratch, but decided to give Windows 10's built-in tools a try instead. I know the MM2 is an older machine, but mine has been sitting idle for five years, so I'm not about to justify buying a whole new one. These little upgrades are already producing some great prints, and if someone else out there is still using one of these old rigs, hopefully my designs will be useful. Check out the lead screw with bronze nut on Maker's Tool Works' website: https://store.makerstoolworks.com/collections/frontpage/products/lead-screw-with-bronze-nut-for-all-mtw-printers You can also find my design on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:217274