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FireSlide™ MakerSlide Carriage for 20x80 extrusion

Use this carriage to mount wide 20x80 work platform extrusions.

Function

3DP sliding plate rides on four V-Wheels and supports either a 20x40x260 extrusion or a 20x80x260 extrusion used as a universal work platform that accommodates standard M5 fasteners.

The 3DP design of the carriage provides some V-Wheel pinch force, and additional tension and/or adjustment can be provided as required using optional M3 screws. Notably, the 3DP carriage does NOT require eccentric spacers.

Since the wider 20x80 extrusion covers the M5 screws used as V-Wheel axles, they cannot be tightened from the top of the carriage with the work platform extrusion in place. To solve this issue, the axles are inverted so that, the carriage has M5 nut traps for the V-Wheel M5 screws. These nut traps let you tighten the M5 V-Wheel axle screws after the 20x80 work platform extrusion is fixed to the carriage.

Requires

  • M5x20mm screw (4) for V-Wheel axles
  • M5 nut (4)
  • M3x12mm socket head screw (2) for GT2 belt clamp
  • M3 nut (2) for GT2 belt clamp
  • V-Wheel kit (4)
  • GT2 open belt to required length
  • M5x10mm screw (2-4) for attaching extrusion used as slider work platform
  • M5x10mm extrusion nut (2-4) for attaching extrusion used as slider work platform
  • OPTIONAL: M3 screw/nut for increasing V-Wheel pinch (4)

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