5/16 to 1/4 adapter (8mm) for Z Brace Kit

I ordered the hardware kit from ultimate 3d print store and well they used 1/4 rod instead of 5/16 which explained why the darned nuts just spun inside the 3d printed parts. Grrr

SO I made this. VERY important. this is NOT sized properly as a normal print (hair too big)

I printed it in VASE mode line width .55mm .4mm nozzle. perfect fit. Snicks into place with a little squeeze and stays put. now the 1/4 nut fits fine. print 6 NOTE don't print it all the way. stop the print when you get enough vertical.

The reason I made it too tall was I like to stop the print from the printer. this way the bed and hot end stay hot. I just unlock steppers snatch the part and start the print again without a cool down and warm up. You could do a sequential print in simplify and do all 6 at one command but why bother. your never going to print more again :-)

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Wanhao

Printer: 

Wanhao Duplicator i3 V2

Rafts:

No

Supports: 

No

Infill:

20

Post-Printing

The spacer on the nut. This required a rubber mallet to force on all the way, due to the tolerances being so close. There was no cracking or any sign of distress, however.

Nut adapter shown in the front Z-Axis support printed directly from Azza's models.

How I Designed This ===================

I imported Nerys' STL into Fusion360, and then limited it to 8mm wide, since that was the measurement on my calipers for the nut's width.

Category: 3D Printer Accessories

I too purchased the Z-Axis brace kit from Ultimate 3d Printing Store only to find out that they use a 1/4" rod and nuts, instead of the 5/16" that everyone else uses.

I took Nerys' design, and cut it to 8mm deep using Fusion360, as I didn't quite like the method he uses to pause and resume prints. (I'm still too new to deal with that). I put 4 of them on the bed in Cura, using my normal settings (20% infill, "normal" quality preset), and it printed great.