3D Printing Forum

Well, if you're using the Aero, you've put the print head together already, so why the leeriness? For that matter, the original FT-5 extruder required you to take out the same (position) two screws in back to mount it's motor to the extruder shuttle. It's just a screw, nothing but a twist of a screw...

My cooler design sits a 50mm blower fan in the back and doesn't get near hitting anything, I can cover the entire print area, not a mm lost. (in case you don't know this one, it's at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2405912). Some people have had problems slicing parts of it, but Slic3r (and appare...

How do you like the CR-10 compared to the FT-5? Got a friend wanting a large-platform printer, but not wanting a printer-maintenance hobby. Seems the CR-10 might be a good one for him.

The guy with the fried driver (not his MKS board!) has a different stepper -- he got the black one from E3D, and I still suspect there is something bad wrong with the one he got. I'm not using the one you have, I got this one -- https://www.omc-stepperonline.com/hybrid-stepper-motor/nema-17-bipolar-...

Paul,

I think the reason anti-backlast nuts aren't included in the FT-5 kit (other than minimizing costs) is that there isn't much if any need for them -- the rods they'd be on are vertical, gravity acts as the anti-backlash there.