oh mate Im still fucking assembling mine. Lubricating everything slowed everything right down (pay no attention to lubrication tips on the internet: no one knows what they’re talking about)
Getting the frame square without clamps was difficult. I wish someone told me beforehand, “hey, get some angle clamps”
And of course, finding the damn pieces, and not wondering if the provider forgot to pack some
How do you lubricate?
Initially my rails glided smooth with the shipping oil they came with.
Internet said, “nooo wipe off the shipping oil, use proper lube” , so I wiped it off with isopropyl alcohol and lubed it with bicycle grease. The ball bearings wouldn’t roll anymore. Rails moved, but didn’t glide.
Internet said “oooh you want PTFE metal-to-metal grease”, so I dismantled the rails and bathed them in an alcohol. When clean, the rails glided. As soon as I used this grease, the ball bearings wouldn’t budge anymore. Move, but not glide.
Internet said “oooh you used the wrong lube, you want PTFE-free white lithium grease”, so I dismantled the rails and bathed them in an alcohol bath again. Without any lube, the rails moved smooth again. I sprayed them very sparingly with the new grease, and whaddaya know the ball bearings wouldn’t roll anymore again.
Realising that the internet knew shit about shit, I left them as is and moved to the next step of the printer because I knew that perfect is the enemy of good
plastic waste :D
You could make a belt out of it!
