Simple gantry support (metric/inch), Z-brace for Ender-3 V3 KE/SE
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This gantry support eliminates wobble of the weak frame. It is designed for and tested on the Creality Ender-3 V3 KE. But users told me that the support also fits the SE model perfectly.
**In any case, use of this mod is entirely for your own responsibility.**
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The design history of this part can be found at the end of chapter 'How I Designed This'.
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#### Description
The gantry wobbles due to the high speed bedslinger together with the heavy filament reel on top of the torsionally weak plastic gantry bridge. That wobbling is dampened with this support. The starting point was to keep the filament reel on top, ***no loss of warranty(!)*** and simple installation. The resulting design has the following properties:
- ***Nothing*** needs to be disassembled, unscrewed, modified, glued or drilled on the printer. It is plug and play. **This all is in contrast to other SE/KE gantry supports**. Assembly is clip and clamp (without damage), and can be done without tilting the printer.
- The design has a slim, clean and professional appearance. Even more so with the use of heat shrink tubing around the threaded rods (see photo 1).
- The Creality LED Light Bar can be mounted without any obstruction.
- Extra:
* A tilted gantry can be straightened out.
* The belt recess in the clamping part allows you to level the X-axis according to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmwq9r5tePk (see the photo in the gallery).
- Both metric and inch fasteners can be used. (Print the metric ór…
