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Day 2 of the 1-Day Build

by chrisdima | Oct 11, 2026 | 3d Printer Bootcamp, Innovation, Prototyping, West Chester

Printing the Z Axis Rod Ends June 16th

by Chadwick Wingrave, Maker in Residence

@cwingrav

I was looking for a phone number to call Printrbot today. No luck, but I did find specs for the Z Axis Rod Ends. Ok, not exciting to you, but it was bitter-sweet to me. You see, fitting the rod into this end required a few well-placed taps by a hammer, followed by several full-body swings of Mjölnir (aka Thor’s hammer). I can easily see people hammering the rod straight through the piece. I can easily see this because we did this and need to replace the piece on our printer.

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In any event, I printed a few for the Bootcamp participants using our trusty in-house Bukito and my inner-geek put the calipers down for another day.

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