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... as well as possibly some other parts that were not able to be made before...
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Erik: with your aluminium side-bits, I assume you don't have any problems with the horizontal guide rods being slightly misaligned and the bed height varying depending on whether it is at y=0 or y=200?
Re: Laser cut Aluminium X-Arm & Rib kits.... March 25, 2016 11:11AM |
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I am confused though! Do I order the parts from Dave, or from Erik??
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The second picture in erik's post (y-end-support5) appears to be different from my Ormerod1! Erik's photograph shows the plastic part 'y-axis-idler-bracket' as having two fixing holes onto the end plate, whereas my Ormerod 1 has two additional holes for the large counersunk screws fixing the assembly onto the aluminium extrusion (see photograph).
Is this going to be a problem?
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Re: Laser cut Aluminium X-Arm & Rib kits.... March 25, 2016 06:51PM |
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Erik: with your aluminium side-bits, I assume you don't have any problems with the horizontal guide rods being slightly misaligned and the bed height varying depending on whether it is at y=0 or y=200?
You will of cause have to adjust the acrylic end parts but only once, as the picture shows, the original assembly slips right in between the alu support end parts, when adjusting, the acrylic part swing about the inner/upper original screw hole, to make room for adjustment the outer holes in the acrylic part is made a bit "longer" with a needle file
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Erik: with your aluminium side-bits, I assume you don't have any problems with the horizontal guide rods being slightly misaligned and the bed height varying depending on whether it is at y=0 or y=200?
You will of cause have to adjust the acrylic end parts but only once, as the picture shows, the original assembly slips right in between the alu support end parts, when adjusting, the acrylic part swing about the inner/upper original screw hole, to make room for adjustment the outer holes in the acrylic part is made a bit "longer" with a needle file
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Can someone please explain the conversation between Bartdietrich and Erik! Was the original machine made with the horizontal guide rods mis-aligned, and the bed height varying between the two extremes of the y axis? Was this intentional? Does this mis-alignment need to be maintained with the metal end-pieces.
One reason it has taken me three years to assemble my ormerod 1 and not got beyond printing the calibration piece is my attempts to get everything aligned and level. If the above is true it appears I have been wasting my time!
Re: Laser cut Aluminium X-Arm & Rib kits.... March 26, 2016 07:14AM |
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Can someone please explain the conversation between Bartdietrich and Erik! Was the original machine made with the horizontal guide rods mis-aligned, and the bed height varying between the two extremes of the y axis? Was this intentional? Does this mis-alignment need to be maintained with the metal end-pieces.
One reason it has taken me three years to assemble my ormerod 1 and not got beyond printing the calibration piece is my attempts to get everything aligned and level. If the above is true it appears I have been wasting my time!
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...The angle is thinner than I would have originally liked at 1.5mm but as it's bolted to the ends and the bottom it keeps it nice and square with no movement or twist that I can detect.
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Re: Laser cut Aluminium X-Arm & Rib kits.... April 08, 2016 10:25AM |
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... as well as possibly some other parts that were not able to be made before...
Hmmm... :-)
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Re: Laser cut Aluminium X-Arm & Rib kits.... April 10, 2016 11:32AM |
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Instead of reinforcing the acrylic parts, why not go all aluminium here.
Maybe use something like 10mm plate and machine to take the Y axis rods with grub screws to hold them at one end?
Is there a DXF for the end plates?
Worth looking into??
Dave
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