S03: Assembly Guide (XXL)

I definitely didn’t get them. Thanks.

If it’s any consolation, I have mine installed and find it easier to just not use them

I would ask for them, but wouldn’t install until I need to. Glad to report that my set up works fine. I had created a logo for myself a couple of years ago in Corel Draw. I did some adjustments today and save it as an SVG file. The file opened in Carbide Motion, saved the G-code and ran my second cut, worked just fine.

Nice work, Hamid! You have me excited enough to get to cutting something now!

Brian - Thanks for pointing this out! I was going through the assembly guide this morning looking for points of the process where the XL and XXL instructions differed - this is definitely one of them. I’ll make a note in the guide a get a new version posted.

Thanks again!
-Edward

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Did I overlook something, or is the alluded to squaring section missing from the manual?

“You don’t need to tighten these
screws all the way. We’ll do that in the ‘squaring
the machine’ section.”

I’ll get that added tonight.

-Edward

Any update on the “squaring the machine” section?

I downloaded an earlier version of the assembly guide (04/27/2016). Some different assembly pictures and Squaring the gantry was covered in this version.S3XXL_Assembly.pdf (1.9 MB)

Thanks! I’ll take a look.

Hi,

My first cut with SO3XXL surprisingly went well, I posted a photo (above) a few days ago. Today I tried to cut a few pieces to used for clamping material down. I ran everything same as before, while X & Y movements go as designed, the Z movement not so much. The cut is either not deep enough or none at all. I tested a few other simple designs, got the same results. I even loaded my first project which worked well, but got the same disappointing result with it today.
What has gone wrong?

Belt tension — it’s a bit of effort to get the Z-axis belt tensioned sufficiently. I wrote up my experience and linked it on the wiki: http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Shapeoko_3#Belts

Link: http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6765&p=53075#p53075

My SO3XXL was missing a screw that is needed to push against the bottom z axis pulley to maintain belt tension. I put a screw there (use loctite) and haven’t had any issues since. Remember to calibrate steps/mm each time you change belt tension.

Also, check every screw including guide wheels and motor pulley set screws. Whoever assembles the units at C3D has been doing a terrible job. My guide rollers were missdjusted and there were a bunch of lose screws. Check all of them.

This is posted as of 5/16… It is now 5/27… Is there a section on squaring the machine? If so where?

There’s a bit on the wiki in general: http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Calibration_and_Squaring_the_Machine

And some SO3 specifics here: http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Shapeoko_3#Squaring_the_machine

And dtilton71 was noted success here: XXL Upgrade - Unboxing and Construction

New page on the Z-axis plate for people getting the new SO3: http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/File:New_zplate_assembly.pdf

Any update on this section? My XXL arrived yesterday and I’m looking to square it up… never mind, found the answer here – http://carbide3d.com/files/Shapeoko_XXL_Assembly.pdf – which has squaring instructions Still could use some spring help (see below).

I noticed that my Z-axis assembly did not include any springs. Are springs needed? Are they included in the box somewhere (I’m not able to find them). Thanks in advance

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Mine was missing springs too. Quick email to support@carbide3d.com and a set are on the way.

Without them, it works fine. But when not powered, the Z axis tends to slide down and fall off the v-groove at the bottom due to the weight of the router. My assumption is that the springs are there to prevent this from happening.

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I received mine Thursday and springs were included. The instructions are terrible.