Gerald,

It is not stated on the drawing what angle to use. Only that one leg be 2.5. I assumed that since the other builders were using the drop off piece for the clamp strip, that was the way to do it with the taller angle.

Justin, you are right, there has always been a notion/discussion about using the off-cut for the clamp strip. But I have never been encouraged by this thrift/recycling. That off-cut is a nasty piece of metal - while it is theoretically rectangular, one corner is small radius, another corner is big radius, while the remaining two are sharp and need rounding over. That's too much work / too ugly for me and I rather use fresh pieces of standard flat bar.

In the "OptionSchedule" spreadsheet, zipped with dxf's, X-motor lug should read Z-motor lug.

I ordered a set of laser cut & bend parts yesterday, and I tweaked the design of 2 parts. Nothing drastic. See "Downloads" page.

Also extending the lower x-axis cable chain brackets would be very helpful:

http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showt...1&postcount=29

One could debate that if you purchase a cable chain with a tight enough radius, this isn't an issue but there isn't any "loss" to making the top of the brackets longer, it only pushes the mounting point up on the beam:

http://www.mechmate.com/forums/attac...1115934 1.jpg

Thanks David - will do.

10 40 386 - Z Spring Anchor
 

Can we add 10 40 386 Z spring anchor to the laser cut parts list? Seems odd that isn't not already there.

A perennial question. I will add it as an option to avoid the question again. :)
(My stock answer is that you make that part from a bit of scrap cheaper than a laser cutter. That's what we do at my "day" job - tiny parts like that mess with a bigger order from a laser cutter. They get lost/damaged between the bigger parts)

Here is a complete new set of profiles & bends - will the beady-eyed folk tell me if it is safe to put into the "official" downloads page Must apologise in advance that it was done in a rush between other stuff.