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Step 3Mount Platform on Rods
Afterwards, you should have awesome rails ready for the linear stages! We decided to use a flat board for the stages. It should be pretty easy to attach stuff with and can be replaced easily too. For the bearings, we decided to use more thermoplastic since we had it around, and we want this to be something the machine could also produce.
This part was really easy. Just mark where the rods pass under the board, and then heat up some plastic. Put four blobs of plastic on the board, and then take it to the stage. Line it up and press it on the rails. Make sure it is level and square. Its a lot easier to do it now, rather than reheating and remolding later. Now wait for the plastic to cool and then take your stage off the rails. Slide it around to make sure it works. If you did everything correctly it should slide pretty easily and you'll probably be jumping up and down happily.
Later you will want to add some sort of lubrication to the rods, but for now you have 2 working linear stages!!
This part was really easy. Just mark where the rods pass under the board, and then heat up some plastic. Put four blobs of plastic on the board, and then take it to the stage. Line it up and press it on the rails. Make sure it is level and square. Its a lot easier to do it now, rather than reheating and remolding later. Now wait for the plastic to cool and then take your stage off the rails. Slide it around to make sure it works. If you did everything correctly it should slide pretty easily and you'll probably be jumping up and down happily.
Later you will want to add some sort of lubrication to the rods, but for now you have 2 working linear stages!!
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