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Latest progress on my build, and a warning to folks building their own. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by dirtdigger to c/vorondesign
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Also got it belted up, but found out afterwards that I used a grease that is controversial on the rails (superlube with syncolor). It's recommended by LDO and Nero3D uses it in his video, but many folks on the Voron Discourse say it's a no-go. I'd rather not risk it, so I'm uninstalling the rails, cleaning/degreasing them, and reapplying some white lithium grease.

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[–] IMALlama 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A list of gotchas is a great idea. Here are a few that got me:

  • sort your 16t and 20t pullies into two groups and separate them. It's easy to inadvertently grab the wrong one if you're not paying a ton of attention
  • space your z rails higher than the manual says. The only reason for mounting them super low is style points, but it makes installing the corner covers really hard. I had to loosen all my rails and work them up because they were too low initially
  • if you have a wiring harness and PCB anything, double check the pin to pin wiring against the PCB pinout. My hardness was not intended for the PCB XY endstop I printed, which caused some initial head scratching when the limit switches were behaving oddly
  • don't agonize too much over belt resonance
  • there is a slim model for the z-end stop I had to dig up as the one in the main repo didn't fit my build for some reason
  • you're probably going to print too many parts. This is ok
  • you're also probably going to print too few parts. This is also ok
[–] dirtdigger 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tips!

For the z-rails, how high are we talking? Manual is 3mm and that's what I stuck with initially, but I've got the rails off to clean and degrease/regrease then right now, so now's as good a time as any

[–] IMALlama 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm currently at about 6mm. It does leave a gap, but it's really not noticeable if you're not at a super low angle and it makes installing the covers so much easier

[–] dirtdigger 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool cool. I printed a shim to get the right height, I'll just make it a bit taller. Thanks again

[–] IMALlama 1 points 1 year ago

If you have the printed parts already you can try installing one now to see how it goes, especially if you have the gantry off right now.