LR3 traming - X and Y direction

About the “points”, you can also remove them and leave holes for three M3 or M4 screws
They’d reference the “flat” side against the bed, so they shoud be pretty consistent in height

Here’s the F3D file for the cam-bracket thing, if you want to test it…
https://www.printables.com/fr/model/549854-lowrider-3-cnc-makita-tool-mount-with-traming-adju

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I thought of that, and of course - if they are bolted all the way they are going to be close enough. Mk2 model out next week! :wink:

(unless you beat me to it.)

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This would give you the ability to measure with the touch plate as well

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Maybe just both… keep the little stub you designed, flat top, and add an m3 hole in the middle…
Best of both worlds

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Love the spanner- might need two at once! I’m almost sad my printer is having a long weekend!

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I never printed it and don’t know if it even works because the tooth prifile is very “round” :stuck_out_tongue:
But I thought about you when adding this feature, like “oh, yeah! that’s definitely something Peter would add, even if it’s totally useless!” :smiley:

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So, at the risk of Fabien looking mad at me, what are the values you guys are chasing to get it square?

When I measure tilt in x direction I have about 0,6mm difference.
Tilt in y direction gives about 0,5mm difference.

That’s using v1’s tramming tool, a screw and a piece of paper as you would do on a 3d printer. So no fancy tools to get it super accurate.

I might get it more accurate using the same approach but wonder if there’s any need to do so. Using the tramming tool both measure points lay ±170mm apart so 0.5mm seems peanuts considering my bit is just few mm wide :slight_smile:

i currently have somewhere around 5-6 times this measure :wink:

And I’m re-rpinting the core… for the fourth time in two days…
And I just had to destroy and re-do my drywall…
Mmmmh … maybe I should just take a rest >_<

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wow…what’s up with that???

And this???

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Had a Monster with the hole smashing? :stuck_out_tongue: Is your real name Kyle? :joy:

Joking aside: It will all work out in the end. I know how you feel, my wife knows how you feel. When my cuts were all over the place and I reprinted the braces, the core and cut like 30 of those stupid test pieces I didn’t feel good at all. I am getting snappy and can’t think of anything else. My wife notices immediately if there is something wrong (same with the inlays being off). It’s so funny: Computer or CNC not working like they should and I get physically hot and am getting nervous until the problem is fixed. Yes, I know, it’s kinda unhealthy, but I know how you feel!

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The giant pla spool is getting me into more and more trouble…
Re-spooling it on smaller spools works, but the filament tends to tangle :confused:
Plus, as I get more and more failure, I’m getting impatient and make a mess everytime a re-spool…

I thought I found away to use it directly from the 10kg spool by adding a bowden tube, but it doesn’t quite work as expected…

Well, long story short, the next core is yellow… so be it…

Ahah… i’m making some home improvement, finishing the office room…
This includes taking the old (1920’ish) doors and convert them to sliding door + integrating them into the wall
That’s the ones I made some nifty handles for…

Pretty cool, but also a true nightmare when nothing’s a standard measure, and you have to improvise on every little detail :slight_smile:
I was almost finished with this project, but the sliding door rail got stuck… had to remove one door to fix it… guess what: turns out I cannot take the door out without destroying the wall that’s in front of it now :stuck_out_tongue:

Well, a whole day of swearing and cursing later, I finally found a way to have a removable part to cover the doors and still be able to remove them if necessary :stuck_out_tongue:

Sure it does :smiley:

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Man that sounds like a day in my shoes!! LOL. But i will say… Man those doors do look damn good!!! You should be very proud of that!

Yes, sorry :innocent:
I run into the problem my tape is not thin enough to get it even closer. That´s why I wonder if it would be worth the time to try and get as close to 0 as it can be.

If it doesn’t show when surfacing and if it’s not noticeable on thick contours, there’s now point in chasing zeroes

If, somehow, we manage to make this adjustable mount work, though, trying to fine adjust this shouldn’t cost anything other than Time :slight_smile:

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I’m thinking the triangular gadget will be good for getting close - then measure as you do!

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Yeah, figured I should just try it out.
With given dimensions I get a super small notch although I assumed it wasn’t going to be the case.

So am going to chase it closer to 0 :slight_smile:
just not sure if the tramming tool will help to be very accurate. If only the tools wit gauges weren’t that expensive :frowning:

I am sure it might work, but you’ll need to modify the router holder too so it can fit. Looking at my “fixes” there are 2-3 layers of electrical tape been used. That’s so thigh the suggested tool won’t fit :slight_smile:

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Finally got it to print… And it only took 3 days and 6 tries -_-

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Good-oh!

It’s not the prettiest print I’ve ever seen, but if it’s square it’s there!

There’s no time like the present to measure the diagonals of the holes to give you an idea of how square it is!

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As promised, here’s the revised Tripod tramming tool.

The 1/4" centre hole has zero tolerance, so if your print is a tiny bit off you’ll need to hand ream a 1/4" bit through it - which of course will carry great risk of sending it microscopically out of square.

The outer tripod feed are M3 and I would like to see a washer top and bottom.

Once you get more or less level - rotate the thing and use one leg only for the final detail to counter any inaccuracy.

I’ll definitely print one, but not this week, possibly next - if you do and it works, post a pic please!

Tramming Guide - TramNinja.stl.zip (225.5 KB)

And now in 8mm (8.1 diameter hole)


Tramming Guide_8mm - TramNinja.stl.zip (310.6 KB)

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Could you add an 8mm version for us metric users? :slight_smile:
I could just scale it by 1.34747.whatever-the-lenght-of-a-foot-and-an-inch.6468 but if you have the file open :slight_smile:

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