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Ponder Hacksaw
Mark. Bolt brackets together. Clamp to 2x4. Realise hacksaws don't cut in circles very well.
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Check; Groan
After more drilling, I checked the brackets against the stepper… and realised that the mounting face had a...
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Peg
The upper bracket wandered while I drilled, so I dropped an M3 bolt into the hole to hold things steady.
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Clamp; Drill One
After measuring and cutting, I clamped the L brackets to a spare 2x4 and drilled a hole.
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Finished #2
All bolted together, with a clearer view of the L brackets. The gears are from thing:5795.
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Finished #1
All bolted together! The extruder is thing:6458 with the extended plate hacksawed off. Handily, it has holes...
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Grind; Check Yet Again
This time, I just grabbed a file. It would have taken forever to do the big hole, but it enlarged this hole...
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Grind; Check Again
A little grinding work, and… no. Not quite. I hadn't bolted the extruder plate on when first marking the hole...
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Assemble; Check
Bolting the stepper to the brackets revealed that I'd failed to leave enough room for the 6mm bolt through...
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Check Fit
The hole wasn't quite big enough, so I grabbed the cordless Dremel. The grinding stones didn't do much, so...
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Twist and Break
A pair of pliers, a minute flat, and I had a nice hole.
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Drill More
I found I could drill holes between the other holes — even if the holes were closer together than a drill...
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L Bracket Stepper Extruder...
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