Spent the entire day tearing down my PrintrBot Simple and upgrading the X and Y axes. This shoudl allow me to print over the entire stock bed, or even extend that in the future.
Electronics will have to be done in the evenings this week. My brand new E3D hotend is at the front right, to replace the Ubis end that came with the Simple.
Some of those parts look familiar. Glad they are working out for you.
Yup, glad to see they’re in use…looking good. I’m digging that gold color 
I have to step it up
Are these the parts on thingiverse to upgrade to belt-drive /larger print area??
@Niclas_Oberg Yes. I’m not at my computer, but a search for “PrintrBot Simple” will show both in the first 10-20 results.
I know, I have added them as “likes”
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The only thing I had trouble with is that the X axis has tapped holes where the rods are clamped. First, I had to get an M3 tap. Then, the parts started to split a little along the layers when I put the screw in. I backed the screws up with a nut on the underside to help support the part. I think it will hold fine.
You may want to consider just drilling those spots through and using nyloc nuts instead of threading the holes. Those parts obviously don’t go over anything, so there’s plenty of room.
@Carlton_Dodd , yup, I should’ve mentioned that it’s best to drill out the holes a bit so as to avoid the potential layer separation you might get when trying to screw in self tapping screws.
@Tim_Sills Oh, I drilled and tapped the holes. I think this design could have used a little more “meat” if the designer intended tapped holes per the instructions.
@Carlton_Dodd It’s allways fun to see people using ones things =) How much smaller would you want me to make the holes? My goal was to get close to 2.5 mm when printed as it is the standard drill used before tapping the thread. Mine finally came out fine, but I had the opportunity to adjust the size of the holes after each test print so the uploaded thing may benefit from being adjusted.