I did a clean room build of the eShapeOko (using the spindle mounts from my ShapeOko, because ours haven’t arrived yet). The bad news is that I found several problems. The good news is that I got a working machine in the end, and it’s very nice. All problems are fixable, and they won’t delay the kits more than a few days. Here’s a list. The asterisks mark what we will do for the kits already ordered:<\/p>\n
As you can see, there’s some reaming and minor Dremeling to do, and new screws and spacers (and zip ties) to order. \u00a0It’s very likely that everything will be here this week, so that we can pack the kits over the weekend and ship them out on Monday.<\/p>\n
The good things: except for the missing belt tensioner, the BOM was otherwise accurate; every single washer found its place, and nothing was missing. The machine looks good, works well and seems sturdy. \u00a0It’s not terribly difficult to assemble and adjust. \u00a0The belt tensioners are sweet. \u00a0Everyone ordered the dual Y drive; the next largest source of unwanted movement is the X V-wheels, where the dual X rail will help (I have yet to do a clean room build for the dual X option). \u00a0The Z axis is very solid, and the good quality allthread helps a lot.<\/p>\n
Complete tool list:<\/p>\n
![this one<\/a>, is best<\/li>\ntwo 13 mm spanners (for the M8 nuts); adjustable wrenches will do, or a vice and one spanner\/wrench (there are only two M8 nuts to tigthen, but they need to be tight<\/em>)<\/li>\nM5 tap and tap handle (for the MakerSlide and belt tensioners — both are aluminium)<\/li>\ntapping fluid (or almost any kind of oil, including WD40 and mineral oil from the pharmacy. Boots Baby Sensitive Oil is better than WD40 and doesn’t smell)<\/li>\nsmall open container (e.g. a ramekin) for the tapping oil (if needed)<\/li>\nplastic brush to clean the tap (old toothbrush or nail brush)<\/li>\nsandpaper for metal (200 to 400 grit), a piece the size of a business card (to deburr the MakerSlide ends)<\/li>\npermanent marker (to mark the eccentric spacers)<\/li>\nset square (to align the X rail)<\/li>\nadhesive aluminium foil (a tiny amount is needed to help center the Z leadscrew in the coupler) — will be included in the kit<\/li>\nscissors (for the belt and aluminium foil)<\/li>\nsmall diagonal cutters (for the zip ties)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nShare this:<\/h3>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/li><\/ul>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/li>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/li>Pocket<\/span><\/a><\/li>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/li><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I did a clean room build of the eShapeOko (using the spindle mounts from my ShapeOko, because ours haven’t arrived yet). The bad news is that I found several problems. The good news is that I got a working machine … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/li><\/ul>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/li>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/li>Pocket<\/span><\/a><\/li>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/li><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ebGx-14","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amberspyglass.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kluc_ockoplochy.jpg\"){kind=link}