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  1. Mine was preassembled. Not sure if that’s the plan.

    Joel Bonasera - Reply

    We’ll see :-)

    Filip Goc -

    • ▶ Video: Coupler Spin (2s)

  2. Hold the X assembly up with one of your hands so that the holes are well aligned. Otherwise, the misalignment caused by gravity will make it difficult to screw in the screws. Otherwise, the misalignment caused by gravity will make it difficult to screw in the screws.
    • Hold the X assembly up with one of your hands so that the holes are well aligned.

    • Otherwise, the misalignment caused by gravity will make it difficult to screw in the screws.

  3. Make sure the  ZX  coupler and Z motor screws are LOOSE
    • Make sure the ZX coupler and Z motor screws are LOOSE

    • Put the printer on the edge of a table to expose the Z motor screws.

    • Rotate the Z lead screw by hand to find the Z motor position in which the movement is the smoothest.

    • Moderately tighten X screws.

    • Only lightly tighten Z screws. Tight is bad!

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It may be helpful to turn the “Finish Line” into a link to the next step. We have had trouble getting to the correct next step in the otherwise great instructions.

David Newhall - Reply

That is a great point @dnewhall !

Indeed, that would make the docs much easier to navigate. It’s a time consuming process (in this documentation system it would mean literary hundreds of manual links), but it may well be worth it.

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