I’m currently working on the CoreOne assembly, and for reasons that don’t need explanation, I got distracted at one point with the result that the linear bearing dropped onto the floor, disseminating a host of the tiny little balls across my living room.
I think I got them all, but I have no way of knowing how many came from each side. It slides freely after popping them back in at random, but for how long?
Do I really have to dismantle the whole thing and count the balls on each side, or is near enough good enough. It’s only carrying the print head after all.
I’d say the same - I remember seeing videos where people removed and replaced the grease & cleaned the balls in their linear rail blocks to remove manufacturing dirt and and thinking there were fewer balls than I expected.
You could also try weighing it and comparing with a known good one if you’d scales sensitive enough?
That’s exactly the answer I was hoping for… now day 3 because every 20 minutes I have to do nurse things or husband things. As luck would have it, every time I get to a critical bit I get called away! ( not complaining, just explaining my mistake!).
I am pretty sure I got all the balls, and it slides perfectly- maybe I will order a new one for the parts bin- that way I can be sure it won’t break!
Then it tells you to remove the stoppers after everything is assembled. So I had everything in place ready to mount the rail, came back, didn’t pay attention and mounted the rail on the wrong side of the brackets.
If you do that, and get called away again before you check what you’ve just done, turning the frame over to insert stepper screws results in an unseemly clatter on the timber floor, and some unseemly words being expressed.
I swear she almost got up and walked just to give me a hug!
Unfortunate; yes, Unavoidable;no (unless you count the fall on that fateful day in Dordrecht which might be pushing the blame a little too far!
Despite appearances, and apart from being a little angsty over the stupid mistake, life is quite good. Cleaning the house is easy because I only have to take care of what’s in her peripheral vision, and she’s got little sense of the mess building a printer on the dining room table can make!
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