CR-6 SE Flexible Buildplate Alignment Tabs

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03/18/2022 - A couple of people mentioned the rear left alignment tab was making contact with the Y-axis stepper motor. I am not having this issue because I am using silicone spacers that measure 18mm in height. I have added another rear left alignment tab that is 4mm thick instead of the original 6mm thick.

I am using a Wham Bam flexible build plate on my Creality CR-6 SE and wanted a way to align the build plate to the magnet quickly. Is this necessary? NO, but I needed practice in Fusion 360 and thought I'd give it a try designing some. This design was inspired by a creator from a CR-6 Facebook Community group.

You must remove all the stock CR-6 SE glass bed retaining clips.

1. The front left and right alignment tabs have integrated bed handles and are attached to the bed using (2) M3x8mm countersunk hex head screws and (2) M3 nuts for each corner.
2. The rear right alignment tab uses (2) M3x8mm countersunk hex head screws and (2) M3 nuts.
3. The rear left alignment tab uses (1) M3x8mm countersunk hex head screw, (1) M3x12mm countersunk hex head screw, and (2) M3 nuts. You must also reuse one of the original nuts to reattach the yellow wire to the M3x10mm screw. The left screw sticks out beyond the nut in the photo because I ran out of M3X8mm screws, so I had to use a 12mm.

I suppose you could use PETG or ABS to print these parts. Since I only print with PLA and no higher than 60C on the print bed, the PLA printed parts have about 25 hours of use and show no signs of degradation.

Print Settings

Printer:

Creality CR-6 SE

Rafts:

Supports:

No

Resolution:

Infill:

20% - 40%

Filament:

PrintBed PLA

White

Category: 3D Printer Accessories