Something ain’t right here…
Trying to diagnose the skipped steps. It looks like something happens to the center shuttle, and it gets pulled.out of alignment. I was under the table, and noticed that there is a ridge gouged into the steel tube along the side where the single bearing rises. There is another along the top that I van feel with my fingertips. This is pretty obviously a problem, which causes the machine to need too much power, thus the skipping steps.
Did I put the part in wrong? The long bolt where the belts are zip tied is facing towards the motors, along with the idler pulleys which are offset from the center of the trucks. It seems to fit correctly. I’m actually almost ready to go buy some 3/4" conduit and print new parts to see if that version works, but I don’t want to give in just yet.
The center piece seems to be able to yaw in between the rails, which I believe is the problem. It fit tightly when first installed, but now some bearings don’t seem to make contact sometimes.
I’m inclined to think this means I assembled something wrong.