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Section 3.1 Assembly of the XZ Unit Mounting the X Axis

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1x X-Motor

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1x X-Bearing Holder Left

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2x LM8UU Linear Bearing

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1x ACME Nut

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2x Torx 3x16 Screw

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1x 8mm Smooth Rod

  • Put the linear bearings onto any of the smooth rods

    • This is to keep the bearings straight while you mount them.

  • Put the bearings and the rod into the bearing slots of the X-Motor

  • Put the ACME Nut into the slot of the X-Motor Holder

    • You can find the ACME Nut on the threaded rod of your linear stepper motor

  • Place the Bearing Holder

  • Fix the Bearing Holder with the two Torx screws.

  • Remove the smooth rod


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1x Hall-O Endstop

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1x Endstop Cover Top

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1x Endstop Cover Rim

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2x Torx 3x10 Screw

  • Mount the endstop with its cover onto the X-Motor assembly.

  • Don’t make the screws too tight.


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1x Nema 17 48mm Stepper Motor

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1x GT2 Pulley

  • Mount the pulley onto the motor shaft.

  • Fix it with the two little set screws that you can find in the white bag in your RUMBA electronics box.

  • The distance between the motor and the pulley is 4.5mm.


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3x M3x10 Cylinder Screw

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3x M3 Washer

  • Mount the motor onto the X-Motor holder.


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1x X-Idler

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1x X-Bearing Holder Right

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2x LM8UU Linear Bearing

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1x ACME Nut

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2x Torx 3x16 Screw

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1x 8mm Smooth Rod

  • Put the linear bearings onto a smooth rod

  • Put the linear bearings with the smooth rod into the pocket for the bearings

  • Put the ACME Nut in position

  • Place the bearing holder

  • Fix it with two M3x16 Torx screws

  • Remove the rod

  • Note: the bearings can move left and right a couple of millimeters (with some friction). This is to avoid load on the bearings that can be caused by tolerances in the length of the linear rods of the X-Axis.


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1x X-Carriage

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1x X-Teeth

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2x Torx 3x10 Screws

  • Pierce the holes in the X-Carriage.

    • The hole is closed of with one print layer for good print results. You can easily pierce it by pushing with a small allen key or screw driver from the other side.

  • Slide the X-Teeth into position

  • Fix the teeth with the screws.


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3x LM8UU Linear Bearing

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1x 8mm Smooth Rod

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3x Ziptie 4.4mm

  • Place the upper two bearings into their slots

  • Slide a smooth rod through the bearings

  • Mount the upper two bearings with a ziptie. Mind the orientation of the head.

    • If you don’t have a big ziptie, fix it with TWO small zipties for better stability.

  • Remove the smooth rod

  • Push in the lower linear bearing

  • Mount it with a ziptie.


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1x 8mm x 400 Smooth Rod

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1x 8mm x 343 Smooth Rod

  • Slide the long (400mm) smooth rod into the upper hole of the X-Motor holder

    • Make sure it reaches to the end.

    • If it goes too stiff you can put the end into a hand drill. Do not use a hammer.

  • Slide the short smooth rod in the the X-Motor holder

  • Slide the X-Carriage assembly onto the rods. Mind the orientation!

  • Slide the X-Idler onto the smooth rods. Again make sure that they reach until the end of the hole.

    • If it goes stiff make a light twisting movement with you hands while you push the plastic parts more and more together.


##i3 Berlin
1 Introduction
1.1: History
1.2: Tools and Parts
1.3: Preparing the Casings

2 Assembly of the Y-Unit
2.1: Rods and Power Supply
2.2: Front- and Back- Plate
2.3: Mounting Y-Carriage and Belt

3 Assembly of the XZ-Unit
3.1: Mounting the X-Axis
3.2: Mounting the Z-Axis
3.3: Mounting the Timing Belt
3.4: Assembling the Extruder

4 Wiring
4.1: Wiring the Power Supply
4.2: Wiring the Z-Unit
4.3: Wiring the Y-Unit
4.4: Wiring the X-Axis
4.5: Gluing the Endstop Magnets
4.6: Uploading Firmware
4.7: Wiring the Extruder
4.8: Mounting the Heatbed

Cable Lengths Rumba

5 Calibration
5.1: Testing Functionality
5.2: Calibrating the Y Axis
5.3: Calibrating the X Axis
5.4: Calibrating the Print Platform

6 Printing
6.1: Filament Holder
6.2: Cura
6.3: Kisslicer
6.4: Dual Printing

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