Post by andyinjapan on Oct 26, 2020 22:12:39 GMT -7
Hi!
My K40 is getting a little bit of play in the rail holding the laser.
As the rail moves towards the front and-or back, the right side will trail just a touch. The result is... terrible.
I have cleaned and lubed the X- and Y-axis bearings. I have adjusted the belt tension.
But the left-and-right sides of the rail get out of sync a touch.
The rail doesnt seem to be slipping on the belt. Every moevment of the rail by hand shows that each side turns the stepper motor and belt and interconnecting shaft at the back.
But I am getting a lot of flex on the left side, where the rail connects to the framework bit which slides on the left tube.
Questions-
1) Is anyone familiar with this issue? Either happened-to-you, or you heard about it somewhere else?
2) Is there a fix for this? I have been working on this for about 3 hours over 2 days now, and it is looking like the flex is something that I cant adjust, or lubricate, or tension my way out of.
Thanks for any feedback!
Andy
My K40 is getting a little bit of play in the rail holding the laser.
As the rail moves towards the front and-or back, the right side will trail just a touch. The result is... terrible.
I have cleaned and lubed the X- and Y-axis bearings. I have adjusted the belt tension.
But the left-and-right sides of the rail get out of sync a touch.
The rail doesnt seem to be slipping on the belt. Every moevment of the rail by hand shows that each side turns the stepper motor and belt and interconnecting shaft at the back.
But I am getting a lot of flex on the left side, where the rail connects to the framework bit which slides on the left tube.
Questions-
1) Is anyone familiar with this issue? Either happened-to-you, or you heard about it somewhere else?
2) Is there a fix for this? I have been working on this for about 3 hours over 2 days now, and it is looking like the flex is something that I cant adjust, or lubricate, or tension my way out of.
Thanks for any feedback!
Andy