The file 'Squashball Legs For 3D Printer – 4040 Aluminium Extrude Type – ~70mm Clearance 3D Printer Model' is (stl) file type, size is 21.2MB.
So I needed a lot of clearance for my modifications, and also wanted squash feet, just beacuse it seemed fun. However, no really big squash feet were available and i could only find some bulky ones with rectangular bases, which i didn't really like. Sure it doesn't need to be beautiful, but I still wanted them to look nice and still have good clearance, so I made these, and was pretty happy with the design.
These feet will with a squash ball give you around 70mm in clearance, as can be seen in the photos. It is definetly more of an aesthetic piece which also doubles as feet, but I like them quite well, and they get the job done.
I provided both the ones i used with text for my Ender 3 v2 Neo, but also provided models without text, either to make your own text or just print smooth walls. If you have the ender 3 v2 or similar models with the psu screwed to the end part of the extrude, then you need to print the special back feet models, but if your 4040 aluminium extrude has clean front and back, then you can just print 4 normal ones, but definetly check. Had to manually etch the pattern in my first set of feet a few months back with a dremel. It was a Nightmare.
As all squash ball sizes should be the same, you could use any you want, but I recommend single yellow dot or double yellow dot for their good surface tension.
To install them, you can just slot the nuts in the extrude, as they can fit in when you put them in diagonally. Now you just need to line up the nuts with the screw posts. Here I actually reccomend to screw on both the nuts on one side before just diagonally sliding it into the extrude and lining up the last ones.
When screwing them in, the nuts will potentially just spin freely in the air, and not tighten. Here you can do 2 things:
Slide a flathead screwdriver in for the side to stop the nut from spinning thus allowing you to tighten the screws.
I did not use M5 screws cause, while they only fit in one way, thus making tightening it a lot easier, they also added some other issues. It was much more tiresome to set up as the extrude sidecovers had to be removed for the nut to get in it. Also when it was tightened, it could get really stuck, literally digging and thus wedging itself in the Aluminium. All this was very tiresome and stressful, so i used M4 instead.
Also, you can use them as you see fit, but remember to give me credit.
4040_aluminum_legs_-_Ender_3_v2_-_BACK_LEFT.stl | 9.7MB | |
4040_aluminum_legs_-_Ender_3_v2_-_BACK_LEFT_NO_TEXT.stl | 8.6MB | |
4040_aluminum_legs_-_Ender_3_v2_-_BACK_RIGHT.stl | 9.5MB | |
4040_aluminum_legs_-_Ender_3_v2_-_BACK_RIGHT_NO_TEXT.stl | 8.4MB | |
4040_aluminum_legs_-_Ender_3_v2_-_NORMAL.stl | 9.6MB | |
4040_aluminum_legs_-_Ender_3_v2_-_NORMAL_NO_TEXT.stl | 8.5MB | |
support_piece_left.stl | 58.8KB | |
support_piece_right.stl | 58.8KB |