Adding bushings to steering deflector nozzle to increase precision (remove slop)

[Bruce]

Hey Bruce, thanks for the reminder (for me), and a progress report of these. I have been meaning to look into this, but nothing was broke, so I didn't want to fix it. Now that I HAD to do some work on it, I got a chance to see how bad my OEM bushings are, and I need to address them.

What would be the turnaround time for the 5-piece half height set?

$10 and 3 or 4 days in the mail.

https://jetboaters.net/threads/steering-bushing-5-pack-half-length.31521/

 

[captainhook]

I just recently acquired the Ender 3v2 for other purposes, and simply haven't had the time to assemble it. Wasn't considering doing this, as @Bruce already has the setup, but your umbrella grommet is a great idea, as those things seem to break from uv exposure or just mysteriously vanish somehow.

Not close to experienced enough to throw more money at a printer just yet, but you have given me something to be aware of

I contemplated buying a 3D printer for at least a couple of years thinking all I would print was trinkets or other non-useful things and really, how much of that can you do? After I started working from home I figured hey, I could probably find some decent designs and justify a couple hundred bucks to play around with a printer, so I bought an Ender 3 V2. I think it took about a week before I was playing around with Fusion 360 and at this point a couple of years later, I have printed far more of my own designs than I have anyone else's after becoming relatively decent at design. I have made things that simply were not able to be purchased anywhere, at least without scouring the internet or having it custom made. For example, I designed and printed a bunch of mounts for a GPS for my WaveRunner (someday I will post a thread about this), some bezels for my gauges in my boat when I redid the dash (thread needed here too), a washer for my HVAC humidifier (flexible material) water line, a gear for my John Deere tow behind spreader, and on and on. This tool has become far more useful than I ever imagined, and not to mention probably my favorite hobby ever.

Putting together the Ender only takes like an hour if I recall correctly so I would highly recommend it (and the next printer you'll upgrade to when you go all in like I did...).

 

[drewkaree]

$10 and 3 or 4 days in the mail.

https://jetboaters.net/threads/steering-bushing-5-pack-half-length.31521/

Done and done, thanks @Bruce !