Taz Pro Printed Solid Enclosure Alternate Mount Design; no need to remove screws from frame assembly to install

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Hi there, In my experience, it's very easy to screw up the Taz line of printers ability to level. There are a metric ton of different ways to screw it up, some incredibly nuanced. One of these ways is if your frame either goes off square, or the front frame twists relative to the back frame. This is better controlled on the Taz Pro and Taz Workhorse because they use double frame reinforcement, and they also use metal z-uppers which help keep things mostly aligned. It still could be better, though, since the only thing tying the bottom together is ABS plastic which can deform and start to "meet the twist of your frame" after a few enclosed heat cycles. For all of these reasons, I currently have a printer that prints properly, with a perfectly square frame, and I'd like to keep it that way. I don't want to negatively impact the square of the frame by effectively "ruining" the top two bolts on each corner (which are supposed to be torqued to 40*in/lbs), even with inner-90 degree reinforcement as is present on the Taz Pro. So I designed these mounts based off of the original ones from the manufacturer so that you don't need to unscrew any of the existing frame bolts to install the mounts. On the down side, it means these mounts are a bit large and a bit 'plastic heavy'. You will need to print these with supports-touching-buildplate-only for the rear right side which has a notch out of it for the filament runout sensor. Otherwise, the print is relatively straight forward. Just a bit plastic hungry. I printed this with Supports touching buildplate only, 30% infill, tetrahedral (octet), in black ABS. You will need 8 x M5 T-Spring nuts, and 8 x M5*16 screws, black oxide, socket head. Use at your own risk, YMMV, etc etc.