Tevo Tarantula Z nut holder with cable hook
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My Printer Setup Is Made In Such A Way That The Mainboard Is Behind The Printer, Which Means I Have To Run The Extruder Cables Over The X Axis. So In The Process Of Upgrading The Z Axis Motor Holder, I Decided That I Would Also Change The Z Nut Holder And Add It Some Features I Couldn'T Find Anywhere Else. This Piece Includes 4 Fixing Points To The Aluminium Extrusion, Making It Very Sturdy And Much More Secure Than The Acrylic Piece That Came With The Printer. It Also Includes A Bracket To Hold All The Cables Going To The Extruder, So That The Only Movement That Happens On These Cables Is When The X Axis Moves, Reducing The Stress On The Extruder Fan And Heater. Additional Hardware Needed: * 6 M4 Screws, Between 10 And 12Mm Long * 6 Slim T-Nuts For M4 Screws * The Z-Nut And All The Screws And Nuts That Came With It On The Acrylic Mount Instructions For Assembling: 1. Disassemble The Entire Z Nut Assembly (Remove The Motor, The Z Screw From The Motor, The Z-Nut From The Screw And Remove The Acrylic Bracket) 2. Support The X Axis With Something So That It'S High Enough To Get Your Screwdriver Under It. A Tissue Box Works Well For This. 3. Assemble The New Z Nut Holder, As Shown In The First Picture. Leave All T-Nuts Fairly Loose. 4. Allign All 4 T-Nuts Vertically And Slide The Whole Assembly From The Side Of The Aluminium Extrusion. Eyeball The Allignment For Now With The Motor Holder. 5. Put The Z Screw Through The Motor Mount And Into The Z Nut Assembly, And Use It To Allign Everything With The Center Of The Motor Mount. 6. Once Alligned, Tighten All 4 Screws Holding The Assembly To The Aluminium Extrusion, Making Sure That The T-Nuts Rotate And Lock Into Place In The Process. 7. Screw Down The Z Screw Enough So That The Coupler Is In The Motor Mount, Allowing For Better Support. Then Mount The Motor To The Coupler. 8. Screw Down The Z Screw Until The Motor Is Flat With The Motor Mount, And Screw The Motor In Place After Making Sure The Z Screw Was Correctly Alligned. 9. Open The Cable Hook And Put The Extruder Cables In It. Tighten It Until It'S Securely Held In Place. Make Sure The X Carriage Can Run Freely Without Having The Cables Pull On The Hotend And Fans. 10. (Optional) Lubricate The Z Screw With Fresh Oil, As Reassembling It Probably Wiped A Lot From It. I Personally Do Not Trust Using Pla For This Very Crucial Piece, I Used Petg For A Good Strength. If You Have The Correct Setup To Print Very Solid Abs Parts, That Could Work As Well. Or Nylon Could Work I Guess, But That'S Slightly Overkill. **Update** Added A Version Of The Cable Hook With A Much Tighter Curve For Cables That Are Smaller And Slide In The Original One. Added A Version Of The Z-Nut Holder That Doesn'T Have The Mount For The Cable Hook, In Case You Have 2 Z Rods And You Want To Use A Similar Design On Both For The Z-Nut Holder.
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