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Step 6Putting together the Y the Z, and the motor.
You can now put the pen component, into the Y frame built two steps ago. Make sure you leave enough room for the wheels to glide in the channel. If you’re having gliding issues, use WD40.
Once you put the pen component in. You can now mount the motor.
I took a four by four inch block, and drilled a 1 and 1/4 hole into it. 1 and a 1/4 was the diameter size of my motor. If you over drill, you can always tape up the motor, so that it wedges into place, so it doesn’t slip. The Motor should fit tightly in between the four T components. Take the motor, wedge it into the wooden block, and screw them both down onto the PVC pipe and rods.
I mounted the gears onto the Y component. In order to transfer the energy to the gear on the bottom of the motor, I had to make my own gear shaft. I did this by buying a little aluminum shaft, and gluing two gears to it. It was slipping, so I fixed that by cutting a pen in half and using the body to slip over the shaft. I then used putty epoxy and it held in place. I recommend you look for a gear shaft that mocks this.
The size does not need to be exact because you are given some play with the motor placed in the block, you have about 5 mm of freedom. I chose to have my chain go to the left... so from the motor, I placed the custom shaft about 3 inches away, and then at the bottom of the Y frame, I placed another gear of equal size exactly below it. This made a nice little gear system.
Now you will hook the pen component onto the roller chain. This was done using, putty epoxy, two small aluminum rods, and zip ties.
Onto the pen component, take an aluminum rod and putty epoxy it on. Then epoxy the other end onto the roller chain. Now, take a zip tie and fasten it all together. Make sure the zip tie does not get in the way of the aluminum channel... we don't want to have any additive friction. Repeat this step again, so that the pen component is fastened in two places.
Once you put the pen component in. You can now mount the motor.
I took a four by four inch block, and drilled a 1 and 1/4 hole into it. 1 and a 1/4 was the diameter size of my motor. If you over drill, you can always tape up the motor, so that it wedges into place, so it doesn’t slip. The Motor should fit tightly in between the four T components. Take the motor, wedge it into the wooden block, and screw them both down onto the PVC pipe and rods.
I mounted the gears onto the Y component. In order to transfer the energy to the gear on the bottom of the motor, I had to make my own gear shaft. I did this by buying a little aluminum shaft, and gluing two gears to it. It was slipping, so I fixed that by cutting a pen in half and using the body to slip over the shaft. I then used putty epoxy and it held in place. I recommend you look for a gear shaft that mocks this.
The size does not need to be exact because you are given some play with the motor placed in the block, you have about 5 mm of freedom. I chose to have my chain go to the left... so from the motor, I placed the custom shaft about 3 inches away, and then at the bottom of the Y frame, I placed another gear of equal size exactly below it. This made a nice little gear system.
Now you will hook the pen component onto the roller chain. This was done using, putty epoxy, two small aluminum rods, and zip ties.
Onto the pen component, take an aluminum rod and putty epoxy it on. Then epoxy the other end onto the roller chain. Now, take a zip tie and fasten it all together. Make sure the zip tie does not get in the way of the aluminum channel... we don't want to have any additive friction. Repeat this step again, so that the pen component is fastened in two places.
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