Tada! - did my first cut to see it work, I still need to cut the struts and level the surface, but I’ve got everything working so far. I’m using the Autospin T1, which is working great so far. I also built the FluidTouch wireless controller. I went ahead with dual struts and the hidden belt mod, there’s a pi with cncjs stuffed into the gantry. I’m going to work on the 3d probe next.
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Curious what these are? Everything looks really good. Great job.
I used the c channel struts on both sides vs screwing the conduit pipe to wood for the max, and letting it roll on wood for the min side.. I wanted as flat a surface, and as durable a surface as I could get for the min/max towers. On the min side, I used the hidden belts mod, which lowers the belt to the inside of the c-channel.
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Your machine build looks great!
Note that those hidden belt mods are in a category I would describe as more workflow/quality of life mods, not functional improvements.
By changing the geometry of the drive, you’re actually de-tuning a deliberate engineering decision that Ryan made and optimized in the overall machine system.
The good news is that this doesn’t necessarily wreck machine performance and given your specific use cases may still be a suitable or even great decision for your setup.
Especially so if it enables sliding materials on or off the table or similar improvements to your workflow.
There is a lot of margin in the design to start with, and we’re still kicking around ways to improve it further for future upgrades or next versions.