CR-10 Frame Upgrade

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21 July 2020 Update - I've created and updated all of the necessary pieces of plastic. Most if it is pretty self explanatory. I still need to update the documentation (readme file) to explain everything. That will come in a bit. Also, I printed everything in Carbon Fiber PLA. By the way, sorry about my abbreviations. "RF_BL" means Right Front and Back Left. "LF_BR" means Left Front and Back Right. "_LF and _RT" just means left and right. This is looking at the printer from the front. 5 Mar 2020 Update - Renamed the two "Panel_Sides_?" and added the second panel piece for the sides. "Front/Back" equates to where they go based on the view from the front of the printer. I hope that made sense. 3 Mar 2020 Update - I noticed that I wrote "standoffs between the original frame and the new frame s 91mm" ... this is incorrect. The standoffs should be cut to a length of 98mm so that the braces butt up to each other. This is work in progress. I made this frame because I wanted to slowly migrate the contents of my CR-10 control box to underneath the printer. I am using 2040 aluminum extrusion. I cut 2 pc for the entire length of the "Y" axis and 2 pc for the entire length of the "X" axis. This creates the new base for the printer. If you also want to add the braces to support the Z-Axis, just measure and cut your 2020 alminum to fit your current frame. I also use a saw to cout out a small portion of the 2020 aluminum that that crosses the top of the Z-Axis because I plan on having my lead screw stick out a bit. You may want to do the same thing or leave as is. I am usin the right angled brace for 2020 extrusion - enclosure by techwit (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1799079) to connect all of the top support pieces. You will need 8 of them (2 for each corner). I had to file/sand down the guides a bit. As is, they are slightly too wide to push onto the 2020 profile. A little sanding and everything snaps into place. The 6 pc I cut for the standoffs between the original frame and the new frame s 98mm. Why 98, because I had 6 pc that were left over from anther project. So, some of the support braces were designed to butt up against each other. If you want to have a higher clearance, you will just see a gap between a couple of supports. If you want a shorter clearance, there's not much wiggle room so you may have to design your own 90 degree brackets. The pictures pretty much show how the whole thing fits together. The pictures show black printed braces with silver M5 screws. I have since changed out for yellow braces (the final pictures show this) and black M5 screws. I am currently in the process of creating panels to cover the new bottom portion of the frame.