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I am installing my Y axis and it appears to be a very tight fit between the frame vertices at the extremeties of movement. Is it supposed to move that far? See this image:
Also, the aluminium printbed insert seems to obscure the mounting holes. Is my printbed insert too wide(it didnt fit in the routed recess until I did some further hacking with a scalpel)? See this image:
Are the screws that
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Greg Frost
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General Mendel Topics
Be warned that I posted the detailed assembly pics, not the creators, so it is just another opinion, not to be taken as gospel. I had a bit more to go on than stevew thanks to his build blog, but he didn't have the full kit, he got the laser cut parts, and sourced his hardware and electronics from elsewhere. As I have progressed, I have found that I made a few mistakes. The belts require more spa
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Greg Frost
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General Mendel Topics
No, I think you understand perfectly regarding the length of the rods. When you were nearing the maximum build height, they would stick out a long way.
It would combine the X, Y and Z axis. The axes wouldn't really be x,y and z anymore. You would need to translate your xyz position to determine the length you needed to push each rod.
I remember someone mentioning that hydraulics would be good f
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Greg Frost
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Here is an instructional video for the first step:
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Greg Frost
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I was looking at the mendel apollo thread and musing on the problems of rigidity and overconstrained axes and wondered: has anyone thought of hanging the extruder on a gantry supported by 3 threaded rods that can be pulled/pushed in a controlled manned from the points where they are hung (much like the z axis is driven).
This would totally solve the problem of overconstrained axes at the cost of
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Greg Frost
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