Thank you Dirk for all the practical tips. I have the 2" on the Y. I took the wheels and hold downs off my y carriage and found that one corner was not flat. The funny thing is when its loose it lays flat and when you tighten it the corner goes up. I guess stress affects more then just us Shopbotters.
I guess my bot needs a psychiatrist, Ted can you help out with this
? This has been causing a lot of binding/missed steps. I put some washers under it while tigtening it to keep it flat. The carriage looks rather odd now, but it is running without binding. I don't have access to a welder so I'm stuck with nuts and bolts. Dirk, do you think adding bolts across the rail above the hold downs would be of benefit for stiffening? Or what about brazing I have a brazing torch. Maybe I won't need those niffty BWC rails and carriages after all
