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jitsbuild-yaxis [2012/11/12 01:07]
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jitsbuild-yaxis [2012/11/17 02:23] (current)
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-**jit's build: ​ Y axis**+===jit's build: ​ Y axis===
  
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-(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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jitsbuild-yaxis.txt · Last modified: 2012/11/17 02:23 by jit