[PetesLightKits]

I have a Slot.it sidewinder motor mount/pod where the front two holes became stripped and oversized for reasons that I cannot exactly remember. In an effort to get it back to where I could use standard Slot.it pod screws, I decided to try and fill the holes with an as similar as possible material that I had on hand, PLA, using the hot end of my Ender 3.

I loaded up the printer with some black PLA, set the hot end to pre-heat PLA mode (185C) and let that heat up. I then placed the bottom of the pod hole on the edge of my printer bed, lowered the nozzle into the top of the hole and then manually fed some of the PLA through the nozzle. I raised the nozzle and the hole was pretty much filled with PLA. I completed the other hole and let the PLA cool. I then drilled out the holes with a 1.6mm drill bit and Slot.it screws were screwed in as if the pod was new!

Peter

 

[munter]

If you don’t have a printer then what is the solution?

 

[PetesLightKits]

If you don’t have a printer then what is the solution?

One that I have seen... use an appropriately sized machine screw and locknut - as long as there is sufficient interior clearance.

Or, if you prefer to, you can immobilize the whole pod with a couple beads of hot glue. Or try some hot glue in the holes.

Peter

 

[Wobble]

or stuff the hole with cotton wool and add super glue and redrill after it's set

 

[munter]

One that I have seen... use an appropriately sized machine screw and locknut

I have seen that too

 

[rastas]

If you don’t have a printer then what is the solution?

Soldering iron.

 

[Kevan]

or stuff the hole with cotton wool and add super glue and redrill after it's set

Beat me to it

 

[justDave]

Or use M2 machine screws and nyloc bolts

 

[Kevan]

... or don't use the front holes on a SlotIt pod...

 

[chrisw]

Nylok nuts and machine screws...................offer finer adjustment than the stock screws,....will not fall out,..and, whith the body on, are largely tamper proof !!

Cheers
Chris Walker

 

[PlainSlot]

Damn girl.. how much weight do you have in that car ??

 

[Kevan]

Damn girl.. how much weight do you have in that car ??

Just enough knowing Chris

 

[chrisw]

Damn girl.. how much weight do you have in that car ??

Including the body, the car weighed 85gms, and was mid pack weight wise among the 25+ cars entered in a recent proxy, with cars from the UK,USA, Canada, Aus., and, Japan........it managed to win the proxy .

Cheers
Chris Walker

 

[Kevan]

Damn girl.. how much weight do you have in that car ??

As you've not been here long, if you read back far enough the old timers always say 'add lead until the lap times get worse'...unless you're a magnet racer of course.

 

[PlainSlot]

As you've not been here long, if you read back far enough the old timers always say 'add lead until the lap times get worse'...unless you're a magnet racer of course.

It's not my first time around, so i know the saying.. it just looked like a lot

 

[Kevan]

It's not my first time around, so i know the saying.. it just looked like a lot

85g is actually fairly light compared to some cars.

 

[munter]

if you read back far enough the old timers always say 'add lead until the lap times get worse'.

I never said that.....I said, I had never heard of a tight crownwheel before....apparently it happens.

 

[Kevan]

I never said that.....I said, I had never heard of a tight crownwheel before....apparently it happens.

Why have you quoted my post which has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with your post?

 

[OXO cube]

I have a Slot.it sidewinder motor mount/pod where the front two holes became stripped and oversized for reasons that I cannot exactly remember. In an effort to get it back to where I could use standard Slot.it pod screws, I decided to try and fill the holes with an as similar as possible material that I had on hand, PLA, using the hot end of my Ender 3.

I loaded up the printer with some black PLA, set the hot end to pre-heat PLA mode (185C) and let that heat up. I then placed the bottom of the pod hole on the edge of my printer bed, lowered the nozzle into the top of the hole and then manually fed some of the PLA through the nozzle. I raised the nozzle and the hole was pretty much filled with PLA. I completed the other hole and let the PLA cool. I then drilled out the holes with a 1.6mm drill bit and Slot.it screws were screwed in as if the pod was new!
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Peter

just noticed this post pete
so simple , thankyou for this pointer
i would never have thought of this fix , previously i have always used UV glue
but now i am wondering if split body posts could be fixed in a similar way

 

[PetesLightKits]

just noticed this post pete
so simple , thankyou for this pointer
i would never have thought of this fix , previously i have always used UV glue
but now i am wondering if split body posts could be fixed in a similar way

I think you could but one would need to make sure that the split was corrected (the gap, if any, closed) before filling the hole with hot PLA.