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Dial Indicator X Axis Mount
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This is a mount I made to hold a dial indicator on my X-Axis of my Maker Select Plus (Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus) rails to check my bed for true. The part is held in place by a mix of tension and the magnets inserted into the holes in the back.
The magnets are the round "Buckyball" brand magnets, but any of their variants or even cylindrical magnets will work. Mine were measured and the holes sized to about 95% of that, so they are tight, but you should be just fine to use some sort of adhesive to hold in any type of magnet you want. One of the things that worked out well was I made the holes deeper than the diameter of the magnets, so they sit about .5 mm below the surface and never touch the rails.
The dial indicator is an 'eoteck' brand I found on Amazon and was oddly enough reviewed about a month later by AvE on YouTube (if you are a fan). It's plenty accurate for 3D printing. I did verify this by buying a Mitutoyo gauge block and testing my calipers, then my calipers aga
The magnets are the round "Buckyball" brand magnets, but any of their variants or even cylindrical magnets will work. Mine were measured and the holes sized to about 95% of that, so they are tight, but you should be just fine to use some sort of adhesive to hold in any type of magnet you want. One of the things that worked out well was I made the holes deeper than the diameter of the magnets, so they sit about .5 mm below the surface and never touch the rails.
The dial indicator is an 'eoteck' brand I found on Amazon and was oddly enough reviewed about a month later by AvE on YouTube (if you are a fan). It's plenty accurate for 3D printing. I did verify this by buying a Mitutoyo gauge block and testing my calipers, then my calipers aga
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