{"id":217,"date":"2013-07-11T19:17:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T09:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2013-07-12T20:23:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T10:23:59","slug":"trial-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Trial Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MakerSlides have been cut to length and the ends have been tapped. The fasteners are here and it’s time for a trial assembly. I want to find out if I have all the parts I need and if they all go together.<\/p>\n

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Rails and guides. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Trial assembly of X-axis. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

As it turns out, there are a few screws that need to be longer and I need more washers than I thought. Most notably, the M3 x 6 screws that mount the stepper motors for the X and Y axis are 4mm too short and the M3 x 50 screws that mount the stepper motor for the Z axis are 4mm too long.<\/p>\n

The X-axis movement is smooth and free.<\/p>\n

I am still undecided how I will anchor the timing belt for the X and Y axis. I want the belt to be level with the top of the smooth idler pulleys and I would like to be able to tension the belt. There is time while I wait for more parts to arrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The MakerSlides have been cut to length and the ends have been tapped. The fasteners are here and it’s time for a trial assembly. I want to find out if I have all the parts I need and if they … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[8],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3FgN7-3v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eyemonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}