How to align the gantry
Square the gantry
- Power off the printer and unplug the X & Z motors
- Loosen the X & Z belts as we gonna move the tool head manually and don’t want to fight the motor 3. resistance
- Place 2 same size objects on the frame and put the X rail (not the extrusion) on it. use a somewhat leveled bed if you cant use the extrusions
- Loosen the blocks connecting X extrusion and Z rails (the M5 screws), check if these left marks on the extrusion because they were to long
- Press the X extrusion to the back of the printer and down on the 2 objects. Tighten the M5 blocks connecting X extrusion and Z rail again
- Tighten the XZ belts until they sound somewhat like a guitar and roughly the same (dont need to be perfect). Do a little bit at a time on each motor mount.
- Move the gantry up/down and left/right always going back on the 2 objects
- Tighten the side with gap between rail and object or loosen the side sitting on the objects
- Repeat last step until it both sides always rest on the object after every move of the tool head (move it up/down and left/right)
Video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWhMmVQAloU&start=33940