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- | **jit's build: Y axis** | + | ===jit's build: Y axis=== |
(Go back up to [[jitsbuild|jit's build]]) | (Go back up to [[jitsbuild|jit's build]]) | ||
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{{wiki:jitsbuild:mallet.png}} | {{wiki:jitsbuild:mallet.png}} | ||
- | (This image actually shows a different set of parts, and the screws and nuts are missing, but the principle is the same.) | + | (This image actually shows a different set of parts, and the screws and nuts are missing, but the principle is the same. The image below is also from a different part of the printer.) |
- | You may have to adjust the height of the nuts to clear the edges of the channel. Tap the piece in a little at a time, so that you don't accidentally tap on it when a nut is caught against the end of the extrusion. Make sure there is never any gap between the bottom face of the extrusion (the face with two slots) and the plastic part; it must be flush. | + | You may have to adjust the height of the nuts to clear the edges of the channel. |
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+ | {{wiki:jitsbuild:nut-alignment.png}} | ||
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+ | Tap the piece in a little at a time, so that you don't accidentally tap on it when a nut is caught against the end of the extrusion. Make sure there is never any gap between the bottom face of the extrusion (the face with two slots) and the plastic part; it must be flush. | ||
When the extrusion is fully inserted, tighten the screws. | When the extrusion is fully inserted, tighten the screws. | ||
- | Do the same thing with the Y back end. Be careful that you don't damage the endstop or its wires, if you have already installed it. | + | Next, prepare the hardware that will attach the Y axis to the frame bottom. Get two M5x8mm button-head screws and screw one nut on each, just until the nut is flush with the end of the screw. Slide the head of one screw into one of the channels on the bottom of the extrusion, and then slide the head of the other screw into the other channel. Move them toward the middle, then insert the Y back end into the extrusion. |
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+ | Fully seat the Y back end, just as you did with the front end. Tighten the screws. | ||
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+ | While installing the Y back end, be careful that you don't damage the endstop or its wires, if you have already installed it. | ||
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