(moved) Thing-O-Matic: Removable ABP mod

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This design has been relocated to YouMagine: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/thing-o-matic-removable-abp-mod. The change was initiated due to reasons explained in this blog post: http://marcuswolschon.blogspot.de/2014/01/leaving-thingiverse.html. It's a simple modification of the ABP to make it removable, enabling quick switches to alternative build platforms that suit different tool-heads or objects to print. For instance, you can use HBP for tall objects or a vice for milling and "steptrusion" or a clamp for drawing. To learn how to insert these parts, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRBEHoXQ5Ds. You may also utilize this part for designing new build platforms; perhaps even a vice-like platform for PCB milling. To print the modified ABP, follow these steps: first, print two of them; then loosen the bolts on the acrylic sides of the platform and insert these parts at the front and back. Drill holes for one bolt per side, remove the original bolts, and replace them in their new positions. Lastly, cut the acrylic around the original bolt hole. To remove the ABP, simply unbolt the two bolts per side on the horizontal part and lift it up.