Drilled steel plate options for PrintNC

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The following are basic meshes of steel plates that could substitute the Alu parts proscribed in the build for the PrintNC. The 6mm thick steel tram plate requires that the back of the Spindle clamp is also drilled. I recommend test fitting the angle block before welding, with the rail slide and main 'milled' plate. /edit The picture of a small, partially threaded rod is a solution I used for greasing the ballscrew nuts. The part was made from an M6 bolt, with the head cut off, and a 3mm hole drilled through the middle. I then placed some threaded tubes over the nut, one to act as a spacer, which I soldered to the threads, and another as a coupler for a grease nipple. This allows access past the printed parts.