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a kind chap gifted me a DeWalt DW701 chop saw. it has seen much use but still works.
DW701 was missing one of it's five adjustable leveling feet.
i could spend some time setting it up so that when i use it on my site shed build it can cut straight. first it needs a foot!
i measured it up and got to work in FreeCAD to come up with a simple working design.
with a design that i thought might work i exported it as an obj file for PrusaSlicer to slice for a flex print.
the first print failed due to my old flex filament (not dried for a while) being too inconsistent in diameter: it jammed in the feed to the print cabinet. print two worked ok - not the best print and a bit stayed firmly stuck to the build surface that was now on the print and not on the plate:-( this was despite a good layer of pva glue on the plate.
that plate is a few years old and i had pastured it out to print the difficult materials: flex and poly-carbonate. i think that the center area has had so many high-stick parts printed on it that the adhesive between the film and plate gave up eventually. it is double-sided so hopefully the other side has a few years left in it.
anyway - i now have five adjustable feet on DW701:-)
i plan to make a workmate top with recesses for the feet - and to cut wood!
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