Z-Stage Assembly
Building the Z Stage should take approximately 15 minutes.
Parts List
- Laser-cut Stage Parts
- Z Back
- Z Top
- Z Bottom
- Z Left Side
- Z Right Side
- Z Ribs
- One Z Motor Flange*
- Four (4) M3x10 socket cap bolts or Four (4) M2x10 socket cap bolts with nuts*
- Eighteen (18) M3x16 socket cap bolts
- Eighteen (18) M3 nuts
- Four (4) 3/8″ self-aligning bearings*
*These parts should have been put in place during the preparation stage.
Attach Ribs to Back
Parts needed:
- 2 Z Ribs
- Z Back
- 2 M3x16 socket cap bolts
- 2 M3 nuts
Secure the two Rib pieces to the Back. These ribs are symmetrical, so they just need to look like the picture.
Attach Left, Right and Bottom to Back
Parts needed:
- Assembled back
- Z Left
- Z Back
- 11 M3x16 socket cap bolts
- 11 M3 nuts
Secure the Left and Right sides to the Back. In the newest versions the printed text goes right-side-up on the inside. In older versions (pictured below) the printed text goes on the outside and ends up upside-down. After securing Left and Right sides, attach to the Bottom (pay attention to the orientation of the self-aligning bearings).
Attach Top to Assembly
Parts needed:
- Assembled back
- Z Top (from preparation stage)
- 6 M3x16 socket cap bolts
- 6 M3 nuts
This will lock things in place nicely. This piece is also symmetrical.
Tighten It All Down
Now that it’s all together, tighten all the bolts with 1/4- to 1/3-turns past hand tight.
9 Comments so far
Rich Thall
In comparing the Educator instructions with the wiki instructions, I noticed that the bearings and motor flange magically appear in the educator images without mention in the text. If this is an oversight, you may wish to correct it; or I may have missed something.
Rich Thall
Please ignore the last comment, I see the bearings and flange are inserted in the Prep step. Sorry.
James Mossman
Are there only 5 bolts in the last step, not 6?
Kim Lam
Where do I use the M3x10 nuts ?
Ben Harris
The motor flange was already attached in the prep step.
Red L
hi. my montor flange is is attached to moons stepping motor. i cant manage to remove in order to screw it to the laser cut piece.
could someone advise please.
Makerbot Dualtrusion build – Z stage | artbot2
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Ethan
@Red L
Please get in touch with us at support@makerbot.com if you’re still having issues — the flange should be easy to remove from your motor.
Hasan
M3 bolt cannot enter the Flange hole(s) !!! …there are no M2x10 provided
Im stuck now !
HELP