I really do not want to break down every part and design for more criticism right now. I just want to see more builds in the wild.
From there we will see what parts truly are an issue or not.
This part in particular, I am not sure how many different complaints I have heard outside the beta and all the revisions.
I hope no one wants to break the parts down. We did enough of that in the Beta. 
Everyone who wants to talk bad about the parts needs to get through us… 
Yeah, it’s been kind of slow. A few that are nearly done but none that are completely finished. Hoping to add one next week.
Well my rebuild of my LR3 to a 4 has been delayed. About the time my V1 package was due to be handed over to Canada Post, the CUPE went on strike, so no aluminum XZ plates for me. Given the offered deal, I can’t really blame the union, but it does seem like a sure sign of the Christmas season when the postal union goes on strike.
Not sure this would count as an “in the wild” build. Also in that package were some 1/16" end mills to try milling another set of XZ plates for the small LR4.
FWIW I consider tight to be a feature with the dust shoe, not a bug. I printed a couple of dust shoes to go with the base, and they are tight but snap in place. My current shoe is floppy, so I appreciate the snug fit.
(Only speaking from test fitting. My LR4 conversion has been delayed. I need to make a few cutting board gifts before I tear down the LR3.)
I got my full sheet up and running. But was so busy I didn’t have time to think about a build thread much less make one lol.
Here’s an unplanned/ancillary benefit of the LR4’s Z height combined with 24v COB LED lights on underside of gantry: makes a nice well lit photo spot. Unrolled some paper, and got nice shots on this “Field Box” for my Omnifixo solder work-holding set:
Omnifixo - Field Box with divider by Xkonti | Download free STL model | Printables.com.
I printed the longer TPU bristles for my dust shoe since I generally use longer end mills, and they fit great! This was my first time actually making the bristles, as I never made the original ones, and I was pretty amazed watching them slide into place around the shoe. Extremely clever design.
More progress on getting my Harbor Freight Dust Collector up from a 1-stage system to a 2-stage system by adding the Super Dust Deputy 4/5. The wedge you see that I have the blower motor mounted to, is because due to tight quarters, it was advantageous to rotate the blower by about 5 degrees. The slices of the wedge were cut by hand on my bandsaw out of a 2x12.
I did a similar upgrade to my harbor freight dust collector. I also put in a slightly larger rikon impeller. I can run my 20" planer and my tablesaw simultaneously and it keeps up with the chips and dust. The dust deputy is well worth it in my opinion.
Cool. I tried to put in a larger impeller, but the old one was stuck on there so firmly that I was breaking the cast metal of the impeller hub trying to get it off, so I gave up and rebuilt it like it was.
Same, I broke a set of pullers trying to get the old one out. That cast is really brittle too.
OK, after several requests for my back covers, and me stalling because I had not made a parametric version, I realized you could simply scale the print height in your slicer to get the right width (since they print standing up), and it should hopefully work OK. So, here’s a link to them:
Either tonight or tomorrow night hopefully I could add a couple more sets like one that is 165 mm long and another set that is 175 mm long so you could just choose the one that’s closest to your actual length and have to scale less.
Sometime before departure for holiday travels I did manage to get my dust collection rig put back together and functional as a 2-stage unit, having added the Oneida (sp?) Super Dust Deputy 4/5 to the Harbor Freight 2HP dust collector.
Several of the printed adapters/couplers that I modeled and used for this were shared for free on my Printables account ( Doug Joseph (design8studio) | Printables.com ). Only one of them (described below) got shared in my printables club store. (Members get access to all the models designated for the club. Membership price is very modest.)
Due to the low ceiling height in my basement, I had to position the separator ring and canister filter lower than ideal, and I facilitated this by designing and printing a drop-in replacement for the injection-molded plastic outlet port on the dust collector; the new one has a downward curve. As mentioned I shared it in my Printables club store. Note that by flipping it 180 degrees, it could change to an upward curve (although I’m not sure that is a use that would ever be needed — but who knows). While I was at it, I also designed one that has a left/right curve. I have not shared it yet, but if anyone has a need of it, let me know and I’ll try to get it made available.
Next up: pics
A bit unrelated Doug, you have it in your basement? How is it with noise and stuff? Asking cause I’m out in an unheated shed in Canada and the white stuff is starting to fly, but don’t wanna cause mass amounts of noise in the house. Anything special you do for dampening?
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My house has a half-finished basement, in which the unfinished side is a car port with an automatic garage door, made possible by both a steep driveway and natural slope of the site. The unfinished side is divided from the finished side by a half finished stud framed wall, which is exposed studs on the car port side and dry wall on the finished side. The LowRider is on the finished side. The Harbor Freight 2HP dust collector is not horribly loud, but having a wall with a closed door between you and it makes it quite decent as far as volume goes.
I meant to say, “The Harbor Freight 2HP dust collector is not horribly loud…” but in some kind of weird typo I left out the word “not.” I corrected my post above. It goes from decently not too loud to being really tolerable when you have a wall (or floor) between you and it.
Hey, did you indeed ever get that posted on Printables? I’m asking for “Remix” purposes, because I modeled up something that is new, but involves an inverted use of your threads from this. It’s for connecting a 2.5" flex hose to the dust extraction port on my Bosch brand orbital sander. I have pretty much perfected the part that attaches to the sander, and the other end 1) preferably needs to have the hose outside instead of inside, because the clearance from the material being sanded is an issue, and I also prefer one that has radial symmetry, 2) can either be smooth and use a hose clamp, or be threaded and not need a hose clamp. I may still need need to scale the threaded end up a teensey bit, as I can get the hose threaded on, and it seems OK, but I’m still printing the latest design-print-test prototype iteration that has the other end right, so I have not yet tested the tightness of the threaded end while actual suction is happening.
By the way, the Bosch sander’s extraction port has 8 little nubs on its tip so I designed the connector part with a twist lock feature. See below. It took me several iterations to sneak up on the perfect fit over the rubber seal ring. In my latest test (which was on only the portion needed for testing), this twist lock feature works fantastic.
Not uploaded yet - I’ve had other things in my print queue, but I’ll get onto it today - I think I have around 20 models just waiting to be uploaded, but often the time I take to do the Printables “listing” is more than the time it takes to design and make the model!
Will let you know when it’s done.
