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So I’ve also staring working on converting my y axis’ over to a belt servo style drive. This is the underside of the rail, with another 5 wheels...
Thank you! We’ll see how the printed parts hold up in real life use. I might have to them turned from aluminum, if needed.
So an update: I decided to redo the belting on my x axis. I’m using a 15mm wide HTD belt, double belted. I bonded the lower belt directly to the c...
So running the movements via gcode commands produced a perfect park. Here’s the two shots to compare: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] If anyone has any ideas...
Hi David! The pen is held with a couple of zip ties, though they kinda do look like rubber bands! The dewalt has a nice little groove machined in...
I decided to do some long jogs back and forth to see if any issues popped up. I put a clamp on the x axis marking the left side of the x gantry....
Some photos of the new location of the x stepper.[ATTACH][ATTACH]
So I moved the drive gantry to the lower x axis, double belted it, and the backlash is still there! I’m not sure what do to from here. The gantry...
Well, I’ll drop the drive down and see what she does! I’m surprised with only a pen as a load that I could get that much flex, but I guess it...
Did the bigger cut (3x) Differences in width on the “H” stayed the same at around .30mm (⬅️ then ➡️) and .41mm (➡️ then ⬅️). So I’m assuming it’s...
I did a quick cut: [ATTACH] so it looks like my problem is still there, along with some ovaled circles and over cut “L”s. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] So...
Possibly? I had to adjusted to just dragging, but there could be some play. I’m going to put the router back on and make a cut to see how it goes....
Thanks David! So I bought a tension scale and tensioned the x axis to 12kg. Also double checked the grub screws and we are snuggled up. Wheels are...
[ATTACH] Hi everyone. I recently built a custom belt driven router table using Openbuilds hardware! Started doing a few pen plots to try and dial...