Y axis full setup - ender3v2 and similar (Patreon)
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update July 2024
more user-friendly endstop mount
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This is a fully redesigned Y axis setup.
I have made a wheel version of it, but the rail setup is the perfected one.
This will allow any nema 17 motor up to 48mm long on the Y axis.
The rail model was designed so that the belt is parallel to itself and perfectly flat for better precision, as the slightly triangular shape of the belt Amy not have a perfectly linear movement reducing precision.
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- Hardware needed -
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Tensioner: (rail or wheel model)
- you will need a longer GT2 belt (you will need 800~900 mm worth of belt), I included printable belt ends (one heat insert and one m3x8 for each one)
- The Y extrusion front lower two holes must be threaded to M5 type (ender3v2 already is)
- GT2 20T toothed pulley (https://amzn.to/3WGl7LE) with 5mm or 4mm bore, made for 6mm belt (should be about 8.5mm wide)
- M5x16 or M4x16 depending on the pulley bore size
- M4x20 (installed on the slider to then screw into the hand tensioning wheel)
- M4 nut for the hand tensioning wheel (use a soldering iron to push it in)
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Rail Bed mount:
- two 300mm MGN12H rail (installed them to be flush with the front edge of the extrusion, against the tensioner)
- 24 M3x8 to install the rails
- 24 M3 t-nuts to install the rails
- 8 M3x6 to mount the printed rail mount to the rail carriage
- four M5x12 to secure the bed platform to the printed rail mount (those are shorted than stock M5)
- four M5 lock nut (you can reuse the stock locknuts)
Optional:
- Two M3x6 and two M3 heat inserts (M3 x 4mm L x 4.5mm or 5mm OD) if you want to mount an adxl345 generic type or any that will fit on a 15mm screw spacing
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Motor mount (works on both rail or wheel setup):
- Four m3x8 to mount the motor
- two M5x12 (socket head only, button head won't fit) or longer to mount the printed motor mount to the extrusion
- GT2 20t, 5mm bore, timing belt pulley for 6mm belt (https://amzn.to/3WIxTtc)
- optional F695 Flanged Ball Bearing (https://amzn.to/4dyd2ia)
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Endstop: (works on both rail or wheel setup)
- two M3x8
- two M3 tnuts
- stock Y endstop PCB switch, and stock self tapping screws (M3x6 should work too with a bit of force)
- optionally M3x6 and M3 heat inserts (the cover stays in place without this)
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