#Monolith Kinematic-Z

In the last couple of days, I've been mostly working on the electronics. The best QoL upgrade ever is going to be the 40x60mm wiring duct compared to the 20x25mm that came in my original 2.4 kit…

I've made significant progress with the teardown and rebuild:…

Without the SLM parts, I can't really make meaningful progress on the M0, so I decided to design a simple WS9290 top electronics mount. The plan is to reuse my existing 7040 in the PFA…

I'm visiting this local place soon to get my panels and other sheet metal parts for the M0. It makes sense to get everything for this conversion as well…

Since there's a unique Kinematic Z layout on the menu, it's time to start thinking about the necessary changes that need to be made to my build to convert it into a Z development platform…

I just wanted to summarize for you guys where the focus will be for the rest of the year. Documenting the development process will be a priority. Without the help of our Members, we wouldn't be able to do most of these things, so it's crucial to provide as valuable and fun behind-the-scenes experience as possible…

The main problem with RatRig-style, bed carrier-less kinematic designs is that the pivot point is very far from the Z-rail, which means very low stiffness in XY for the bed. No wonder they're using MGN15 or similar to get as much torsional stiffness without a load as possible…

I've been thinking about the Z quite a lot in the last few days and the concepts I'm sketching up are getting closer and closer to what soon can be considered prototype-worthy…