Form Factor Changes - Monolith Zero

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It's a productive week on the V0 front, which is no coincidence since zruncho has been feeding me a ton of great ideas and helping me think outside the box.

The overall layout underwent multiple changes, gone is the K3-style backpack in favor of a split top and bottom electronics. The panels and the skirts have been reworked to give the whole build a more seamless appearance. This also means the extrusion door is flush with everything else.

The top split leads to a higher COM, but I was able to compress the overall frame height by 30mm, which pretty much offsets this effect.

Currently, I'm forced to finish the bottom skirts and the Z drive to get an idea of how much vertical space is needed there and how low the bed can go. I'm aiming to keep the original 120mm Z travel. The build will support double Meanwell UHP 200s or 350s at the bottom.

The XY gantry maintenance and QOL are also much better now, but more on that later.

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