Broken Plastic Parts

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Good afternoon all,

So I am working on my M4 again and as I have it apart, I can’t help but notice 4 broken parts:
both of the little inverted wedge pieces that pull the collar tight against the router, as are both of the support columns that have the bearings inserted in them.

So are these parts able to be made with PLA? or do I need to wait for replacements?
The columns I think I will just superglue and then reinforce with electrical tape. But the inverted wedges are not so simple.
Thank you,

[ian_ab]

Have a look at

Maslow 4 3D printed parts thread

Making this thread to collect all 3D printed accessories for the Maslow 4. My store for 3D printed parts: Jax3Dprints.com If theres something you want, that you don’t see. Just reach out to me!

There are a number of parts ready to print. Recommend the Turtle Clamp.

Turtle Clamp (non-split clamp design)

Why turtle clamp? Fresh off the printer, the cutout looks like a turtle to me: [image] Files here: Intro Stiffness of the clamps is something that I’ve been keen on improving for a while. I touched on it a bit as part of my I linear rails-ed my Maslow build. 20mm thick clamps seemed like an obvious place to start and gave me a significant improvement, but there was a lot more I wanted to do. This is what I came up with: [image] There were a few points I wanted to address: No split in…

[ian_ab]

Also my alternative inner support (need longer bolts), prints without supports, shorter so need to replace all 4. Only 2 spacers needed.

https://abundance.maslowcnc.com/run/IDAbbott/M4InnerSupport

@ian_ab

Inner Support for arms(4) and spacer(2) to separate bearings. A couple of mm shorter than existing Arms.
M4InnerSupport.step (455.1 KB)
M4InnerSpacer.step (10.5 KB)

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Ian,

Thank you for sending those. Today I started printing the supports, spacers, as well as a pair of turtle clamps. I’m looking forward to assembling this once my hardware order comes in.
This is quite the community that has been built!

Thank you again for sending those,