Greetings. I am hoping one of you X-Carve pros out there can assist me with a few hiccups I am running into with my upgrades. I installed 9 mm belts, belt clips (thanks Phil) a new z-axis slider with 6" travel, 2" riser plates with support brackets and 4 new 269 oz stepper motors.
Here are my issues.
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The 3GT timing pulleys (20 Tooth - .250" Bore - for 9mm belt) don’t actually fit my 9 mm belts. The factory pulley on the original stepper motors fit it just fine. The belt seems to rest on top of the sides without the teeth touching. Did I order the wrong belt or could this be a mistake from where I bought them from?
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The new slider wires are different colors from the factory ones. I know the color code is different in Canada where it was manufactured, but not certain if I just match red, to red, black to black, green to green and blue to white. I scoured the forum posts and from what I can tell the red and blue can be swapped but don’t need to since you can change the direction when you set up the machine in Easel.
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When setting up the machine, how do I let Easel know my new z-axis is much longer?
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Because the new motors arrived weeks after I got the 9 mm belts, I used the machine with factory stepper motors (and pulleys) after I adjusted the stepper motors using Phil’s tips and spreadsheet. The machine worked like a champ the first few carves but gradually got off course about an 1/8" in 3 days, ruining 2 jobs after running the detail passes. When I went to inspect, I noticed the brand new belts on the x-axis are getting tears on the edges. If this is due to the factory pulleys, then I am not concerned once I get the larger pulleys and motors working. I just figured the belt fits perfectly into the pulley so what could possibly be the harm.
I tried to do my due-diligence and track down these answers before creating a new post but didn’t feel confident moving forward with what I was able to find. I have attached pictures for reference as well as the links of all of my upgrades to provide additional details. I appreciate any info anyone can provide to help get me back up and running.
P.S.
My experience and interactions with all of the places I got my upgrades from have been excellent. This post is in no way meant to imply anything negative about the products or entities that made/sold them. I just need help and am including as much info as I can to better explain my particular setup. Thanks!!!
Pulleys 3GT (GT2-3M) Timing Pulley - 20 Tooth - .250" Bore - 9mm Belt - OpenBuilds Part Store
Belts 1536-3MGT-06 - Gates Belts by Belt.Center
Riser Xcarve SLIDER
Motors Nema 23 motor 19.4kg-cm 269oz-in
Belt clips http://www.designsbyphil.com/steel-9mm-end-clips.html![Z-axis slider|243x500]
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