MachineFab812

If the bearing were loose on the shaft, this would be a different conversation entirely.

If adjustment/refinement of the fit in the housing were out of the question, it shouldn't be made out of plastic, but even in the world of metal-cutting machine tools, adjustment is often neccessary, and if a shim, spacer or set-screw does the job, its what is done.

Meanwhile, my own suggestion was, first, the upgrade kit.

You should, on higher-resolution monitors, or with high-dpi mice. Indispensible for touchpads, eraser nubs, and trackballs.

It exists on all operating systems, just seemlessly-enough to escape notice. Try turning it off, and you'll see why.

Resin isn't that cheap either. Then there's shipping. That said, if shimming works for test-prints, it may work for this. Personally, I can't believe there's not a wedge-centering end-cap or set-screws for dialing in the centering of the bearing just-so, but I'm no expert on this printer.

No skin off my back. Sorry, I honestly wasn't meaning to call you out personally, beyond maybe, hey, this is how to do this next time.

~~I may just look into whether I can set this community to ding my notifications for new posts~~ ... apparently that's not a thing in the webUI.

Honestly, I was thinking post-approval by mods would be the best solution, for just that reason. Its why I led with the question about the existance of mods. Obviously too much work if its just the single mod who started the community.

Is there no moderation in this sub? An instance-agnostic link should be the bare minimum, not the exception.
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Epoxy isn't cheap, unless you have it on-hand already or buy in-bulk. So you can burn ten-or-so-dollars on an epoxy fix that might or might not work as desired, or $40 on an upgrade that should.

That said, are you sure the printer is otherwise in good working order? Have you tried shimming that bearing and running a test print?

Its igno-trans. OP is expressing whimsy.

Love how the emphasis isn't on communication. Don't read. Don't talk to eachother. Just sing patriotic/religious songs, and make sure to force everyone to participate. I'm hopeful this take was dud in 1938, as it should be today.

This was in 1922, but yeah, a bad precedent.

I would kill for more drain-holes and uses of slope to deal with issues like this. One of the things I miss about fixing slot-machines.