ShapeOko 5 pro threaded rods specs

[galgier (Gary Algier)]

I ran into this at MakerWorld: https://makerworld.com/en/models/120092-rod-sloth-fits-most-3d-printers.
It is called a Rod Sloth. It seems it ccould be useful for cleaning the threaded rods on the ShapeOko but I don’t know what to use for all the parameters.
The basics I can get from the 5-Pro specs:

• X and Y rod: 16mm diamter, 20mm pitch
• Z rod: 16mm diameter, 10mm pitch
  The other paramters I need are thread angle and finger thickness and depth.

Has anyone else tried these tools? Any suggestions for values to use?

[nwallace (Nick Wallace)]

The Shapeoko 5 Pro does not use threaded rods. It uses ball screws. I believe they also have built in wipers. They are quite different. You don’t need a tool like that to clean them. I just use a lint free cloth when I need to clean ball screws on other machines (I don’t have a S5P).

[galgier (Gary Algier)]

Ok, I wondered what a ball screw was. It looks a lot alike from the outside. After watching an animation online, I now understand.

Having a 3d printer tends to make one try to use it to fix everything, even things not broken.

Thanks for the enlightenment.

[Tod1d (Tod (with 1 'd'))]

Thread angle probably doesn’t matter, as there is no side wall to the threads/grooves.

Best bet is to measure the grooves width & depth & use that for the fingers. Perhaps a bit smaller on the width to allow for the rag between the rod-sloth & ballscrew.