Step 8: Mount X Carriage



Step 1: Inserting Rods

The X cariage relies on the medium length rods supplied in your kit. As shipped these rods often have some residual cutting/protectant oil on them. Please wipe them down thoroughly with paper towel.

The rods will be a very tight fit in the holes of the gantry uprights, this is intended. DO NOT hammer or force the rods through with sudden motion or banging, this will likely chip the MDF gantries.

With a twist and push motion push the rods from the outside to the inside until the rod end is all the way through the MDF board. Once through twist and pull the rod back out and repeat on the other gantry side. By starting once side this way it will make it easier to get the rods all the way through boths sides without chipping the MDF. Once through on the other side with the rods mount the X carriage onto the rods, make sure the motor mount patter is at the top and the black bearing liners are facing the front of the machine.

Continue to push the rods all the way through the X carriage and carefully but firmly into and through the other gantry side. If the holes are simply too tight to get the rods through you can sand them very carefully and try pushing the rods through again. Just make sure to remove as little material as possible, it shouldn't be necessary though.

Step 2 Mount the Motor

Push the motor shaft into the vinyl coupling and then sit the motor flush against the gantry side. Use the 14mm hex head bolts to mount the motor. Hand tighten the bolts.