Time for a break, because I have other things to do, and because tomorrow (or perhaps the next day) I get to do today all over again.
In the meantime I’ve broken the seal and ruined the warranty on my router - swapped out the cord for the IEC lead, and because I’ve just noticed in the photo the active has some bare wire showing, I guess I get to do it again tomorrow too. I have already had it apart again to remove the old rubber strain relief and make my own stubby version.
Then there’s the reason I insist on testing myself before uploading models. I came ver close to uploading the fender models but am now glad I stuck to my guns. The clash with the belt is miniscule, barely a mm maybe not, but it’s a clash I’m happy no one else has to see. Easily fixed with a Dremel albeit hasty and nasty, but it’s also easily fixed in the model so I will do that in the coming week or so, if ever I get this thing running!!
Never fear - I will be printing completely new ones once the Mk$ arrives in a week or two.
The of course there’s the right hand Z-stop which didn’t. It missed out by three thicknesses of tape as it turns out, so a slight twist of the mount fixed that - I will have to smear some silicone on the back to give it some grip on the polished metal.
I finally had everything moving properly, homed everything, ran to the table extremities, auto homed everything and started to think about how I was going to mount that Sharpie. So I fitted all the leads and vac hoses, tidied everything up, added my fenders and thought I’d make a short video.
That was when the right hand Z jammed on the way up - loose bolt. Tightened it all, started the film running again, and the left hand Y stopped working entirely. That gave an interesting sound effect and motion. I have no idea on that - so when I regain my composure we’ll dismantle it all and look once more for the culprit.
In the meantime, have a couple of postcards.
