EXTENDED LEAD TIME THIS BATCH

Once ordered, please allow 15 working days prior to shipping.

No stock is held.

These CNC milled aluminum pieces replace part number FT23. In order to minimize overall weight (and reduce shipping costs) while still maintaining rigidity, we’ve chosen a design that uses 5 aluminum sections combined with 2 non-metal inserts.  The aluminum sections combine to form the rigid structure while the inserts add a touch of style and form a fully sealed base. It now features a single motor design, linking both lead screws together to stop build plate shifting when the printer is powered down.

Designed to use the stock stepper motor (not included) drive pulley and lead screw pulleys. We supply everything you need to convert your FT-5 (R1 or R2) to a full metal single drive Z base system.

• 5 piece full metal base assembly
• 2 piece black cast acrylic inserts
• 1 Misumi closed loop GT2 6mm belt
• 2 5MM bore smooth pulley assemblies ready to install in the M5 threaded holes.

Due to the size of these pieces, anodizing them would be quite costly, therefore we only offer the pieces of this kit in the shiny (non-anodized) finish, which may show minor tooling marks. 

If you have previously purchased our FT-5 Base Plate Kit (for 2 Z stepper motors) and wish to upgrade to a single stepper motor Z drive configuration, please see our other listing (FT-5 single drive Z base plate conversion kit) to purchase only the needed replacement parts.

Since these pieces have been extensively modified from the original melamine pieces and have tighter tolerances built in, we highly recommend buying the whole drive train kit (Bed platform, Upper plates, and Single drive Z base plates) for best performance.