{"id":1402,"date":"2013-12-20T00:24:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T04:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2013-12-17T00:27:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T04:27:51","slug":"printrbot-simple-part-4-build-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/2013\/printrbot-simple-part-4-build-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Printrbot Simple – part 4 – build complete"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last time I almost finished the build, but got hung up waiting for some glue to dry. There isn’t much more to put together.<\/p>\n

The last few steps went very smoothly, I didn’t have much to do and I only had a couple of notes that I’ll add to the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n

The part count was pretty good. I was missing 2 – M3 16mm bolts, non critical as the fan took 4 and I just used 2. I had some extra parts: 1 – M3 20mm bolts, 3 – M3 hex nuts, 1 – M3 locking hex nut and 2 spare zip ties (having ‘wasted’ about 5 during the build).<\/p>\n

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In terms of tools here is my list:\u00a0phillips screwdriver, tongue-and-groove pliers,\u00a0utility knife,\u00a0krazy glue,\u00a0epoxy,\u00a0metric allen key set (2.5 mm, 1.5mm),\u00a0imperial allen key set (1\/16″),\u00a0loctite threadlocker blue 242,\u00a02 pairs of needle nose pliers,\u00a0wire cutters,\u00a0tape measure.<\/p>\n

Having access to a computer near the build is also very valuable for reading the directions \/ looking stuff up.<\/p>\n

Read on for details about the last few steps.<\/p>\n

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Step 60 – I spent time looking for the hot end power extension and had even reached the conclusion that it was a missing part. Then I realized I had followed the recommendation that it be hooked up to the circuit board back on\u00a0step 16.<\/p>\n

Step 63 – Better instructions for orientation of hot end + wire management would be a good idea, I fiddled a lot with this before I was confident the zip tie was going to provide some strain relief.<\/p>\n

No where in the directions does it mention hooking up the y-axis end stop.<\/p>\n

Nor are the x or z motors connected to the main board. Someone also mentioned that as the x and z motors are concealed, it’s tricky to know which connector is which. Marking them would be a good addition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last time I almost finished the build, but got hung up waiting for some glue to dry. There isn’t much more to put together. The last few steps went very smoothly, I didn’t have much to do and I only had a couple of notes that I’ll add to the bottom of this post. The … Continue reading “Printrbot Simple – part 4 – build complete”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-printrbot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}