I had to disassemble the sled to troubleshoot some slop. Seem to be finding several broken parts.
2 broken belt anchors
1 broken bearing support
1 broken router clamp
Im being very cautious when applying torque, yet these parts are breaking.
I also noticed during initial assembly many of the screws are not long enough to engage the nuts, let alone the ny-lock portion.
I just placed an order for replacement belt anchors and now i have to order more parts and wait.
Has anyone compiled a list of known failure parts so a person could just get extra to have on hand?
I’m stating to wonder whats going to fail next, and i haven’t even installed a bit and cut anything yet. The level of aggravation and tinkering this needs is driving me to a point of buyer’s remorse.
I had to disassemble the sled to troubleshoot some slop. Seem to be finding several broken parts.
2 broken belt anchors
1 broken bearing support
1 broken router clamp
Im being very cautious when applying torque, yet these parts are breaking.
I also noticed during initial assembly many of the screws are not long enough to engage the nuts, let alone the ny-lock portion.
I like to use these, the heads are a little smaller so fit the holes better.
with the stock bolts you have to deform the plastic slightly to get the bolt
heads in
I just placed an order for replacement belt anchors and now i have to order more parts and wait.
Has anyone compiled a list of known failure parts so a person could just get extra to have on hand?
thee aren’t a lot of failures reported after the initial setup. do you have
access to a 3d printer? there are a lot of things that people have designed to
improve the machine that you can print
take a look at the turtle clamp thread for a router clamp that doesn’t use the
wedge clamps (is that what you mean by router clamp? or do you mean the entire
disk??)
I’m stating to wonder whats going to fail next, and i haven’t even installed a
bit and cut anything yet. The level of aggravation and tinkering this needs is
driving me to a point of buyer’s remorse.
sorry to hear this, you are reporting far more broken bits than I’ve heard from
anyone else.
I plan to go down the 3D parts rabbit hole next. I’d rather print the parts and not deal with days of down time to wait for parts. I saw the turtle clamp mentioned , I’ll definitely look into it more.
I know I’ve seen 3d prints of those, that is a very unusual break. I dropped my
machine and it snapped the bolt heads out round one of my lead screws and I have
just left the verticals there missing. you could take one of the parts from
around the lead screws and swap it with the broken part holding the bearing. the
one around the lead screws is half cosmetic and adds a little rigidity to the
frame. I don’t think using that broken one there would make it noticably weaker
I know I’ve seen one-piece printed version of these.
if you are messing with those, get the bolts I mentioned earlier, it will make
it MUCH easier to assemble things (the taller heads have a larger hex in them
and are MUCH less likely to strip
for the belt ends, I have an onshape model that I’ve used. I’m not 100% happy
with it (the part in the middle that holes the bolt is too easy to break by
clamping down too hard) but it works, and once it’s attached to an anchor, it’s
unlikely to come apart. specifying a longer bolt will help
Sounds like your on shape part broke in the same place both of my factory parts broke. I had to do a field fix and just add a washer to it. When I was assembling the sled, I kept asking myself why the parts looked weak and 75% of the screws were too short. When I have time to do a dive I’ll be searching for every 3D STL I can find.
Sounds like your on shape part broke in the same place both of my factory
parts broke. I had to do a field fix and just add a washer to it. When I was
assembling the sled, I kept asking myself why the parts looked weak and 75% of
the screws were too short. When I have time to do a dive I’ll be searching for
every 3D STL I can find.
the screw length was picked when he was shipping non-locking nuts and did not
get adjusted later (longer screws don’t work well in the belt ends)
my onshape doc lets you set the bolt length and overall height. if you set it
for longer there is more meat in the part right where it wants to break you may
want to print it thicker to keep the bolt head and nut from sticking out
