Mounting for the 12864 LCD Controlpanel (likewise Sainsmart LCD 2004)

This is a mounting bracket to fix the SainSmart Megatronics LCD12864 onto Mendel style printers

Fits on:

• Mendel-Style printer (M8 threaded-rod frame)
• Mendelmax printer
• others...

Instructions

Mendel

1. Print the three parts

   • Holder (for standard M8 hex head screw OR cylinder head screw)
   • Nutholder
   • End (for standard M3 hex head screw OR cylinder head screw)

2. Buy Vitamins / additional parts:

   • 1 M8 x 120 cylinder head screw (or standard hex head cap screw with washer)
   • 1 M8 nut
   • 1 M8 spring washer
   • 2 M3 x 20 cylinder head screws (or M3 x 25 with philips machine head)
   • 2 M3 nuts

3. Assemble the parts

   • Put the M8 screw in the holder (there is a bigger hole for the cylinder head at the left side of the mouting).
   • Put the spring washer on the threaded end of the screw.
   • M8 nut and M3 nuts go into the specific holes of the nut holder part.
   • Connect mounting and Nut holder with the M8 screw.
   • Put the free end of the nut holder on a threaded rod of your printer. Put the end part from the other side of the threaded rod and fix the mounting-nut-holder and the end part with two M3 screws.
   • Finally you can tighten the M8 screw so that the angle of the display can be changed by hand.

Mendelmax

1. Print two parts

   • Holder (for standard M8 hex head screw OR cylinder head screw)
   • Nutholder for Mendelmax

2. Buy Vitamins / additional parts:

   • 1 M8 x 120 cylinder head screw (or standard hex head cap screw with washer)
   • 1 M8 nut
   • 1 M8 spring washer
   • 2 M5 x 16 cylinder head screws
   • 2 M5 washers
   • 2 M5 T-Slot nuts

3. Assemble the parts

   • Put the M8 screw in the holder (there is a bigger hole for the cylinder head at the left side of the mouting).
   • Put the spring washer on the threaded end of the screw.
   • Connect mounting and Nut holder with the M8 screw.
   • Attach the Nut holder to the printerframe by using 2x M5 screws and T-Slot nuts.
   • Finally you can tighten the M8 screw so that the angle of the display can be changed by hand.