Updated Font and Rear Standards

I have been doing a lot of testing with printing the front and rear standards out of PLA.

My camera and the shipping cameras all use a Carbon Fibre front and rear standard to provide additional rigidity, but as that can be a little tricky to print well, and requires features not all printers have, I have been trying some design changes to the standards to allow a PLA print to function acceptably.

After my latest YouTube video where I tested the PLA standards I made some alterations to the design with some additional gusseting and thickness to the front and rear standards that appear to make a significant increase in rigidity. Whilst not technically necessary for Carbon Fibre parts, the changes will only make those parts even more rigid, which is never a bad thing.

Additionally I have added a new component, an alternative for the rear standard. By combinging the base parts and removing the ability for the rear standard to shift left/right the strength of the part has increased significantly, to the same level effectively as an aluminium part. What this means is by giving up Rear Standard Shift (not a great loss) you can print the entire camera using PLA with no need to print in Carbon Fibre and have a standard set that are practically as rigid as when printed out of Aluminium. The download still comes with both options for rear standard so you can decide what best suits you.

So if you have downloaded the files before 26/01/25, I suggest you request a new download link. The effected parts in question are

A20-1
A20-2
A20-3
A20 A21
A16
A17
A18