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Y-BOX55 Assembly – Part 4.

Material: 8 prepared joints 12 aluminium tubes preassembled edge-covers Tools: Allen key or screwdriver with 2.5 mm Allen key bit Notice the orientation of the corner joints. The axis with supports always points up for lower side or down for upper side - parallel to Z-axis. Also, notice how joints are oriented regarding front face and side faces. The z-axis clasp slits are facing right and left. Any wrong orientation doesn't have any functional impact. The enclosure just looks better if joints are symmetrically aligned and are oriented with a "pretty face" to...

2018-07-18By yircotips & trics, y-box0 CommentsRead more...

Y-BOX55 Assembly – Part 3.

Parts and Material 4 parts of acrylic door frame and door nuts & bolts package number [4] (joints and hinges) [5] (mechanical lock) a glue which adheres to metal and plastic Tools Allen key or screwdriver with 2.5mm bit Pliers or a bit for 3M nuts. Phillips screwdriver Insert pins into the hinges. Use glue to fix it. Flat joints and frame parts of hinges. Pay attention to the proper alignment of the acrylic parts. If the holes are not matching - as it is shown on the detailed picture, flip the frame's...

2018-07-17By yircotips & trics, y-box0 CommentsRead more...

Y-BOX55 Assembly – Part 2.

Parts and Material corner joints A and B (BY01W45V02A and BY01W45V02B) nuts & bolts package number [2] and [3] a sheet of paper towel ( kitchen towel, hand towel, toilet paper - any fragrance allowed :-)) Tools Allen key or screwdriver with 2.5mm Allen key bit a small screwdriver, stick or Allen key Use nuts and bolts from the package [2]. Put the square nuts into the sockets. Twist the bolt just to catch the nut. Do not tighten them. You will not be able to...

2018-06-26By yircotips & trics, y-box0 CommentsRead more...

Y-BOX55 Assembly – Part 1.

Material edge-cover part A (BY03V01A or BY06V01A) edge-cover part B (BY03V01B or BY06V01A) Tools nuts & bolts package number [1] screwdriver with 2mm Allen(hexagonal) bit or Allen key Align the A and B parts Attach the parts together and fasten them with the bolt and square nut. Notice that the bolt sticks out a little bit. Its a feature, not a bug. Don't try to hide it! Continue to the part 2.

2018-06-26By yircotips & trics, y-box0 CommentsRead more...

How to print Y-BOX? Part 2

If you have printed all parts from "How to print Y-BOX Part 1" you have 80% of the print job done. Here the rest follows. BY07V01 - upper corner cover BY02V01 - upper corner cover with a hole (alternative to BY07V01) BY08V01 - bottom corner cover with an opening for base attachment pin Vertical shells perimeters: 2 recommended Infill density: 25% Infill pattern: Grid Support material: no Layer height: 200 µm Skirt: standard Brim width: 0 (zero) Material: PLA, ABS, PET BY22V01 - door hinge BY23V01 - frame hinge BY24V01 - flat joint These parts are more mechanically stressed therefore...

2018-06-09By yircotips & trics, Uncategorized, y-box0 CommentsRead more...

Couplings, joints and cams

3D printers are incredible machines. The FFF 3d printers are, for the most makers, affordable manufacturing automatons able to produce objects with an extraordinary precision. They almost literally can produce everything, what you can draw. In a recent past, I needed to create a tent like construction which I can build and dismantle easily. There was nothing on the market, but lucky me, I own a 3d printer. I decided to use overall available 10 mm aluminum tubes for the construction rods and...

2018-05-13By yircocouplings, tips & trics#couplings, #howto, #tips2 CommentsRead more...

How to properly pause Octoprint to change filament manualy

Clicking on Pause in Octoprint stops the 3d print. The printing head remains on the last position. If you want to change a filament you need to move the print head to a better position. In standard settings, you don't have a chance to resume the print successfully. The print head doesn't return to the last position automatically. To be able to resume printing successfully, you have enter some commands which will printer execute immediately after a click on Pause button...

2018-03-25By yircotips & trics53 CommentsRead more...