June 10, 2020
Description
I bought my FLSUN QQ-S months ago and the original arms were of really bad quality. They were all different lengths which lead to a bad effector tilt. Therefore, with advice from friends, I started to build new arms for the printer. To help other users, I'm publishing the fixture that I built to fixate the rods while gluing them. The original arms are roughly 280mm but the new ones I designed are 285mm to make sure that they can reach every area.
The arms were built using 4mm OD (3mm ID) woven carbon fiber rods, high quality push-rods, 3mm threaded rod and epoxy glue to keep everything steady. You should only print one fixture and make one arm at a time to be sure they're all the same length.
Preparations:
Instructions:
See all parts you need to buy below:
Push rods - amazing quality, no slop at all:
https://mpjet.com/shop/gb/ball-7-mm-dia/1287-377-ball-link-v1-type-7-mm-dia-m33-short.html#/11-colour-b_black
4/3mm carbon fiber rods - 2x 850mm
https://www.carbix.se/product.html/kolfiberror-4
Loctite Power Exoxy
https://www.clasohlson.com/se/Power-Epoxy-Loctite/p/34-8917
M3 threaded rod
Cut into 25mm pieces and used to keep everything together.
Wood/MDF plate
Used to bolt down the fixture to that there is no warping.
These arms have made my effector very stable and completely removed my effector tilt and the print quality (see attached photos). I would also recommend that you combine the new arms with my rod braces for maximum stability.
You can find them here:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4444440
Have fun with your machine!
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution