Given the amount of work involved....seems reasonable to me.

(Is your wife a patient person?)

Just the one?
(Kidding!)

Spectacular!

Awesome-est news! Something i don't have to buy.....got at least a couple of gallons of PVC cleaner out in the garage! I was wondering if you could vapor smooth a PLA print the way you do the ABS with acetone. What temp did it take to boil it off? (I'm just wondering if it could be used outside in t...

Nice of you to clarify that! It's impressive that you built your own - I have no doubt that I'd be putting the parts in backwards and upside down if I tried it! (Chuckle!)

Thanks jsc, I've got that chart printed out (and saved) for reference. Reminds me of the old heavy binders full of printed tables we used to carry around with us everywhere, BC. (Before computers.) Back in the dark ages.

Chuckle! Fantastic! And all excellent points I had not thought of (or discovered through tedious trial and error) yet.

I'm going to save your pin file to try when the printer comes - and go rework a file or two.

Jeeeeez, you must lead a clean life - my luck would never be that good!

Okay this is valuable information and it's going into my copious Notes file.....thank you!

. .005" all the way around is a tight fit. .007" is just snug or a perfect fit. .010" is a loose fit without slop

And Jim....that bomb is "da bomb"!

Thanks Ed....wasn't thinking about the building process yet but I can see where re-designing that into pieces would print a lot better. Excellent suggestions! Can I pick your brain a bit further? I did design a .2mm difference in size between the size of the pegs and the size of the holes, to allow ...