That helps a lot thanks again! I guess this is going to take a while to get all the parts together but oh well more time to print things.
Can you post a picture or part number of the 1/4-20 nylon spacer / pin you are using for this? I am having a hard time locating anything like that.
Tthey look about like this, but threaded. http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAF-1128-6-N-Round-Spacers-1-4-Round-x-1-2-Long-140-ID-Nylon-Lot-of-54-5109-/262473826860?hash=item3d1ca8c22c:g:AuIAAOSwuhhXVvTx
I get them locally. Home depot, Lowes, Ace hardware all have them in their specialty screw sections usually. The important part is the outer diameter. Any type of threading that will fit a bolt that will pass through the holes in the Taz 5 x end plate will work.
If you find you cannot locate any, PM me.
Hmm. I’ll have to look again.
Thanks.
Nice! which micrometer body did you end up using there? I’m looking for a model number I can add to the bill of materials for that project.
Also, what kind of Taz is this going on? if you’ll be installing this on one with a Taz 3 control box, you may find the cable path covers project also of interest http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1708977 It’s still somewhat useful with a Taz 4/5, but less so as the control box inputs are in different spots.
This is going on a Taz 5 and I have those printed out and ready to go on as well. The micrometer i use is a Mitutoyo 148-507 Micrometer Head that I got off ebay here is the link.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitutoyo-148-507-Micrometer-Head-/272545647656?hash=item3f74fc8c28
I see some steel shafts specified in the parts list on page 4 of the posts here but I can’t seem to locate them in your photos… have you had enough time, piercet, to make a writeup of this Z axis retrofit as you have for the X and Y axis retrofits? Also exploded diagrams?
I’m wanting to emply all three of your axis mods on my club’s Taz 5 in the school maker space cause it’s all kinds of layer wobble issues right now, alongside line pairing/oblong circles(first the X axis, because the carriage was rotating, now the Y axis, for I wdon’t know why!).
The steel shafts used in the Z axis are in the anti wobble mounts. They are what the bearings for the x axis wobble eliminator ride on. The Y axis anti wobble rides on the nylon pins in the same block.
I will most likely make a writeup for the anti wobble, but I don’t know if I’ll do one for the whole z setup. There hasn’t been as much interest in it . Forum user Tomscables actually put the exploded diagram in the x axis together and graciously allowed me to include it in the documentation.