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Had to fabricate a few odds and ends to begin putting this machine back together. Decided to 3D print them.

I got the electrical panel finished and mounted back in the freshly painted electrical cabinet. Really pleased and surprised with how this is starting to come together now. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

One step closer to making chips.. The DMM AC servo motor is mounted, at least temporarily, to the Dyna Myte 2800

Finally getting back to this project. Had a few other priorities to start the year off. Feels good to be making forward progress again.

Reassembly Begins on the Dyna Myte 2800 Centroid Retrofit. This week I start cleaning up some parts in preparation for reassembly. Ran a piece through the Purple Power, Evapo-rust and finally the Oxpho-Blue combo. I check out the Z axis screw then get all 3 axes moving under control of the Centroid ...

Yes, these bearings are basically set up the way you would install pinion bearings into an automotive differential. With as much as I have on my plate, I'm not really keen on the idea of redesigning everything. I agree with you on the balls.. In my mind the actual ball count shouldn't even matter bu...

Finally got to the bottom of the backlash issue. I was lulled into a false sense of security by the number of bearings I originally got out of the ball nut. End up swapping out the thrust bearings, twice- and repack the ball nut with additional bearings. Plus a peak at the newly received Ether1616 e...

Interesting.. somewhere I got it in my head that it was a long trailing decimal number but I see that you are absolutely correct.. So, you will have to excuse me making the same wrong statement in the just released video! LOL
Thanks for setting me straight.

Dialing in the Y axis and I go down a backlash rabbit hole.

thanks Keith!