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Build Log 03 Y & Z Carriages 2010 |
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Right: Y carriage highlighted |
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Above: Aligning the motor bracket mounting tube on the Y carriage. |
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Right: The tapped holes for the bearing rails can be seen on the inside of the far tube of the Y carriage. The light gauge steel tracks on the back side are guides for the cable carriers. |
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Right: The Y carriage at first installation. |
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Right: Rhino working model showing the Z carriage. |
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Right: Z carriage in wire frame mode showing part of the belt/pulley reduction assembly inside the C axis mounting box. |
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Right: The assembly after the Z carriage main frame is assembled & mounted on the linear bearing rails. Just prior to fabrication of the C axis mounting box. |
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Right & Far Right: the Z Carriage |
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Right: detail of Z carriage stiffening truss structure. The trussed structure helps to keep the weight down and stiffness up so that the machine can be run using lower powered & motors, controllers, & power supplies to keep costs in the affordable range. |
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Right: AutoCad Wire frame view of model prior to "flipping" the gantry side verticals. Note the eccentricity of the loading on the gantry bearings. |
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Right: Rhino working model with the gantry, "flipped". Z carriage assembly with A/C axis assembly on. |
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