I heard the TAZ 3d printer was messed up so i went in there and poked
around. I guess the vertical threaded rods for the Z axis are coupled to
the Z stepper motors by short pieces of vinyl tubing, with zip ties around
them. That's ridiculous.
Well somehow (elliot) the Z axis threaded rod on the left got messed up,
and got all tangled up in the vinyl hose with the stepper shaft - and
everything got out of wack.
I moved the vinyl tubing up a bit on the motor shaft, and put another
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[View More]ziptie on there, tightening it carefully with a sneaky method involving
pliers and a screwdriver. Then i did the same thing on the right, just
for good measure.
then i put some papers under the printer on the right, until its base was
level with the earth (using the bubble level to check) and then i manually
turned the Z axis screws until the trellis or trolley or whatever was also
level.
then i set the z-axis homing adjuster (the red knob) and adjusted the four
corner adjusters of the platform until it was level. I used a piece of
paper to measure the distance from the nozzle to the platform near each
corner.
i didn't try to print anything but i'm sure it will print well.
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