Evening all and sundry - The good, the bad and the ugly,,,, Summary Good - X & Y axis move smoothly and now need calibrating, Bad I found I've left a circlip off the Z axis screw so I have to pull it down and install before I couple the Z axis. Don't want the bearing to fall out do we! and lastly the Ugly - I used four olfa blades to adjust the height of the X axis nut plate. I mentally noted at the time to be careful in that area. They were brand new out of the box... So today I stuck my hand in there to turn the screw and sliced my little finger badly. Didn't even feel it untiI pulled it out... very sharp...
so YaG has spilt its first blood. Hopefully the last....
Maybe I should have turned the blade the other way... Hmmm long story - I snugged up the screws and checked things on the X and Y axis and was turning the screws by hand and decided that was a bit lame so got out the computer and plugged it in. All went smoothly. I did a big circle and rectangle under program control, needed to turn down the accel and velocities compared to Brevis 2 settings. But tomorrow will deal with the razors and pull down the Z... tomorrow maybe sawdust day.. Peter
anyone have suggestion for gripping the ballscrew so the lock nut can be done up tight?