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Step 11.20 — VHB the bottom-panel clips and hinges

Step 21 of 67 with a helper · Chapter 11 — Skirts, panels, Clicky-Clack door, filtration

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Parts:

  • bottom_panel_clip ×4 · bin 11-panels
  • bottom_panel_hinge ×2 · bin 11-panels
  • 3M VHB tape, six pads · consumable
  • IPA and a lint-free cloth · consumable

Do:

  1. Still unplugged, put the printer on its side, as at 10.1.
  2. Wipe all six pad faces with IPA and let it flash off.
  3. Cut six VHB pads to match, press one onto each, liners left on.

check Check

Six parts, six pads, each centred with no overhang onto a curved face, liners still on.

helperHelper Wipes all six pad faces with IPA and the cloth before the pads go on.

What you're looking at

3M VHB is a double-sided acrylic foam tape that reaches most of its strength within an hour and does not come off again. These six printed parts, four clips and two hinges, are what the bottom panel bonds to.

Source: Voron manual p.232