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Prepping the linear rail before building the frame. These are Igus TS-04-12 rails that I had them cut at 533 mm long. They had holes for screws so I put a screw in each with an M3 T-Nut on each.
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You don't need a screw in every hole to mount them in fact you will prob fine that quite a lot wont even catch and you wont even know it just go for one every 4 or 5 holes it is sufficient
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Prepping the linear rail before building the frame. These are Igus TS-04-12 rails that I had them cut at 533 mm long. They had holes for screws so I put a screw in each with an M3 T-Nut on each.
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You don't need a screw in every hole to mount them in fact you will prob fine that quite a lot wont even catch and you wont even know it just go for one every 4 or 5 holes it is sufficient
Thanks. They all do catch and sink below the surface of the rail as to not interfere with the blocks. But it is a lot of screws to work with if I need to do anything with them. I'll probably pull some out.
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Pretty standard so far. Now here's where it gets a little more interesting. I plan on using the Robotdigg carriages at least for now. They have a 20x20 hole pattern for mounting to the bearing blocks. The problem is that the Igus bearing blocks have a 20x15 hole pattern. Now I know there are aluminum carriages out there that have the 20x15 hole pattern, but they don't have the belt tensioners and I'd have to rely on shifting the top triangle to tension the belts. I don't like that.
Here's one of the carriages next to a sample bearing block that I got. You can see the holes won't line up.
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Luckily I caught this scenario in my CAD model and I had a sample bearing block. My CAD showed it would be safe if I mounted the carriage to the block and used the block as a template to drill pilot holes, and then drilled with the proper size bit.. So I used my Step Father's drill press with some 3-in-1 cutting oil and did exactly that.
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Here they are side by side after drilled.
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And finally mounted to a block.
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Strongly suggest you look at thePCB Smart effector that the duet guys are doing now [duet3d.com]
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I have a Zonestar D810 delta with steppers and controller at the top. I don't think it's any simpler to wire.... wires from the power supply, USB, and heated bed still have to be run up to the top of the printer. When I do my Big Rebuild, I plan to move the motors and controller to the bottom, with the controller mounted vertically, attached to the 2040 bottom rail.
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I have a Zonestar D810 delta with steppers and controller at the top. I don't think it's any simpler to wire.... wires from the power supply, USB, and heated bed still have to be run up to the top of the printer. When I do my Big Rebuild, I plan to move the motors and controller to the bottom, with the controller mounted vertically, attached to the 2040 bottom rail.
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The configuration with motors and electronics on top makes a lot more sense with a mains-voltage bed heater and Duet WiFi electronics. Then the only wires running from top to bottom of the machine are the 24V power wires, which carry just a few amps, and the SSR control wires.
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Prepping the linear rail before building the frame. These are Igus TS-04-12 rails that I had them cut at 533 mm long. They had holes for screws so I put a screw in each with an M3 T-Nut on each.
[attachment 98053 20170909_113748.jpg]
You don't need a screw in every hole to mount them in fact you will prob fine that quite a lot wont even catch and you wont even know it just go for one every 4 or 5 holes it is sufficient
Thanks. They all do catch and sink below the surface of the rail as to not interfere with the blocks. But it is a lot of screws to work with if I need to do anything with them. I'll probably pull some out.
Yeah I would say no more than 5 or 6 across the whole length this is what I have in mine at 750 long
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you will not be able to get the lengths spot on if you thread them so go for 4mm ID tude and epoxy the screws in after attaching the Rod ends so that you can get them the same length
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