Following the directions I found this an easier way to assemble the encoder portion. Placing the rollers in the bottom first noting magnet placement. Also the directions don’t indicate to put Loctite on the grub screw for the drive gear, but I did.
One useful tip for getting the belts into the ends was to use a clamp to squish them together while driving the screw.
Also on the router clamp the directions say to remove the V shaped piece to insert the nuts. That isn’t required, you can get the lock nuts in there without removing it.
Getting to the electronics. I had it bolted together with the cover attached then I realized the heatsinks in the one bag. I pulled the cover back off to start placing heat sinks and then realized the one capacitor (I think?) 22 63V RVT isn’t secured. I’m guessing this might have been damaged in the shipping process as my box looked like it took quite a beating.
They don’t so what I’m thinking I might do is attach some small wire leads to the cap and then to the board and hot glue it down. Of course I can’t find the solder so need to run out and get some.
It seems like almost everyone’s screw bags are exploding. We’re going to have to come up with a better packing system for those.
That is a great suggestion, we should suggest that. You are talking about the thread locker, right? Not the loctite brand super glue that comes in the box
Yeah, that isn’t right Send me a message with your address and I will get a replacement in the mail today. Feel free to run it without the capacitor there until the replacement arrives. I’m pretty sure that the board will actually work fine without it and it certainly won’t damage any of the other parts to use it that way.
Alright got all but the second from the top belt spooled back in the correct direction. I can’t seem to get that one to do anything. Is there a command I can send to just move that motor a certain number of steps?
I had started the calibration after the machine was in the center of the work area. It started rotating and eventually got to the wrong direction before the calibration loosened all the left belts and fully tightened the right belts. It sat there a few minutes and then took off towards the top right until it was off the 4x8 sheet and fully tightened to the upper right pivot point.
It seems like the calibration process is catching up a lot of folks so I’m going to make a video showing the whole process from start to finish so it’s more clear what it is supposed to look like.
Send me a message with your address and I will get a replacement in the mail today. Feel free to run it without the capacitor there until the replacement arrives. I’m pretty sure that the board will actually work fine without it and it certainly won’t damage any of the other parts to use it that way.
