{"id":448,"date":"2009-01-01T20:39:25","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T01:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2018-05-02T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T16:12:50","slug":"z-axis-cart-and-adjustment-assemblies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/01\/z-axis-cart-and-adjustment-assemblies\/","title":{"rendered":"Z-axis cart and adjustment assemblies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Drilling the holes for the adjustment screw<\/p><\/div>
\nI cut out the parts for my Z-axis assembly using a jigsaw, and while butting the machine edges worked fine the other edges were a bit sloppy. I took advantage of an in-law’s shop to finish them up with a table saw and now the edges are much nicer. The base dimensions of my Z-axis are 11 inches by 10 and 1\/2 inch, and the sides are 2 and 1\/2 inches high. My 12 inch black pipes are mounted with their centers 7 and 1\/2 inches apart using adjustment assemblies made out of an old plastic cutting board. My Z-axis cart is just slightly over 5 inches square.
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\nThe adjustment assemblies are 2 and 1\/2 inch squares with four machine screws threaded through the edges to use to adjust the position of the pipes. I took advantage of the in-laws shop again to use a drill press to put all the holes in the pipe adjusters. Most of the holes could have been done with a hand drill, but the edge holes would have taken extra care.<\/p>\n

Because I mounted the adjustment assemblies outside the Z-axis assembly I lost about an inch of my planned 5.5 inch travel and my current z-axis travel is only 4.5 inches.<\/p>\n

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