Anyone Printed the YZ plates yet? I have a CR10 clone with a 12” square bed, so it fits
I downloaded the stl and ran it through cura 5. Getting 17 hour print time with 70% infill.
Wondering if anyone has tried this. I’m curious, before I buy the plates.
Thanks!
I did them yesterday on my Ender 3 Max in black PLA+ with a good BMG clone extruder, 5/5 /5 @.32 70% fill they came out good, PrusaSlicer showed 13hr, 49min 247.21 grams each.
Tomorrow I’ll take a stab at the 2 Foot strut plate on my IdeaFormer IR3 with Sherpa Extruder direct drive extruder, shows 16 Hours. My LR3 kit from V1 should arrive on Tuesday by 9pm, I won’t have free time again until this coming long Memorial Day weekend.
I just started printing them, cura 4.13 tells me they take 20:20 h to print on an Anet a8 Plus
Just have to print the hoseclamps and then printing is ready!
Hopefully I get to cut the struts tonight!
Nice- I didn’t want to start if everyone else was going flat stock plates
I’m just waiting on my space grey filament, and I’ll get to work
Already for my core done- that thing is pretty
Aren’t those the XZ plates?
Awesome.
5/5/5?
Not familiar with that.
Thanks
5 tops, bottoms, perimeters
Yes, you are right… Mistake on my side… I have to make the YZ plates also…
Appreciate it.
I’ve been doing 4/4/4
Did you notice the printed version has a hole missing compared to flat?
I’ve put a question up, awaiting confirmation that it’s ok
I CNC cut my YZ plates out of 3/4" MDF (19 mm) using my LowRider 2. (I think the recommended thickness was 1/2" but I had some 3/4" and decided to try to use it.) I cut using Dan’s “tall” version (a remix based on using 200 mm linear rails instead of 150mm). Accordingly, I bought 200mm rails. I don’t plan on CNC cutting anything super tall, I just like to have room to lift my gantry up from time to time, to look/clean/access under there. My LR2 is helping make parts to replace itself. 
PS: Note the OP is about YZ plates, and somewhere along the line someone started talking about XZ plates. I’m back on talking about YZ plates.
I made no changes to the XZ plate, just the YZ plate. Those more than 12mm thick (a little under 1/2") could have clearance issues with the Y and Z drives. I don’t plan on cutting for the extra Z height really, it’s prettymuch the same thing, just being able to lift the gantry a little higher sometimes.
OP is about YZ plates — someone mistakenly highjacked the thread slightly by talking about XZ plate.
Right, But do take into account that those were specced to 12mm thick for MDF or plywood. 3/4" might have some clearance issues that you’ll need to resolve. That said, everything references (dimension wise) off of the inside surface, so it won’t screw up the calculator given dimensions.
The XZ plates are cut from 1/4" material for the metal versions. These will have an effect on the overall machine dimensions, so I may have to re-do my belt mounts after I swap to metal plates, since the metal plates will be thinner than the printed parts.
In the meantime, I’m pretty happy overall with my taller Z axis. I have not yet made any cuts that require the extra in Z, but I have used it for guaranteed table clearance.
Yep. I am aware and on board with everything you mentioned. If I cannot make the 3/4" plates work, worst case I have to re-cut new ones out of half inch MDF. I am in the same boat on setting up with printed plastic XZ plates while I have milled aluminum ones on the way from Z1.
You are light years ahead of me though, as you already have a working machine and I’m still prepping for assembly. I’ve been working through number crunching in SketchUp to try to make sure all my lengths are planned and right!
Hey Doug,using 3/4inch MDF did you find it necessary to countersink any holes etc.to fit hardware. Where can I find the dxf file for the taller yz plates
Yes, had to countersink to get screws to reach.
Looking now. Found it.
Download link here:
