I titled the last post in the build guide “MendelMax Build: frame part 1” because I anticipated there’d be a part 2; turns out the build was faster than I thought. Let’s move on to the X and Z axes. First, assemble your X-carriage. This should be a matter of attaching whatever manner of bushing [...]
My MendelMax parts arrived! Here’s my beautiful pile-o-stuff from Misumi: Time to get cracking! I immediately tore into it. Step one is to tap the extrusions that need tapping. That means the two top extrusions (420 mm), the four diagonal extrusions which will attach directly to the lower vertices (340 mm, which only need one [...]