LaserCutYAxis
General
This page and its peers should guide you through assembling a RepRap Lasercut Mendel from the TechZone kit, or from parts you have laser cut which are the same as the TechZone parts. It is a work in progress, and needs some help, feel free to edit this document to add comments of you your own, or contact us [here] and send us messages asking us for better clarification or details.
I am starting by posting the pictures I have, and over the next few days, I will fill in the instructions and detials (6 April 2011)
Thanks,
Lambert (TechZone R&D/Support/Documenter)
You can access this page and it's peers (for the other parts of the Lasercut Mendel assembly from the TechZone Lasercut Mendel Page
Y 180 and Y 360
On the left is a picture of the parts used to make the Y Axis 180 and 360 sides shown assembled on the right.Start by attaching all the bearings to the spring arms. On the 360 side one of the spring arms is left loose so that you can use a shim later to tighten the bearings against the bar if it is needed. The bearing stack goes bolt, washer, wood, one or two washers (depending on spacing needed to center it on the bar), bearing, washer, and nut. The second picture on the right shows a close up of how the bearings are mounted on the spring arms.
Connecting to Frog Plate
Install the Axis
The two Y smooth bars are all that is needed other than the Huxley frame and the Y axis. The bars are 265mm (10-1/2") in length. Instalation of the build platform itself will come later... after the motors, belts and endstops.
Alignment of these bars is included with the Frame squaring and adjustment information here.
Go back to the frame adjustment information and follow the instructions there to tighten the smooth bar clamps into place. Threadlock is probably a good idea on the nuts holding the smooth bar clamps in place... once they are all adjusted.