HuxleyZAxis

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General

This page and its peers should guide you through assembling a RepRap Huxley from the TechZone kit, or from parts you have printed which are the same as the TechZone parts. It is a work in progress, and needs some help, feel free to edit this document to add comments of you your own, or contact us [here] and send us messages asking us for better clarification or details.

I am starting by posting the pictures I have, and over the next few days, I will fill in the instructions and detials (24 Dec 2010)

Thanks,
Lambert (TechZone R&D/Support/Documenter)


You can access this page and it's peers (for the other parts of the Huxley assembly from the Main Huxley page or from the TechZone Huxley Page


The Z Axis should be put in after the frame and Y axis have been squared, and trued. Information about how to do that can be found here. You should have tightened all nuts and used threadlock on them if you are going to (I recommend that you use threadlock). If you perform the following steps before squaring and trueing up the frame and Y axis, it will be in the way and will make that process more difficult.


Drive Rods

Photo of the parts used in Y 180 side
An assembled Huxley Z Drive Rod
On the left is a picture of the parts used to assemble and prepare the drive rods for the Z axis. On the right is an assembled and prepared Z Drive rod



Insert the Nut(s) into the pockets of each piece




Install the X Axis onto the Z drive rods

Photo of the parts used to Install the X Axis


Turn the machine upside down to install the X Axis



Adding the Z Smooth bars

Photo of the parts used for the Z Smooth Bar
Photo of the Z Smooth Bar Assembled



Aligning the Z Axis

Aligning the Z Axis