Day to Day Log

I had a good time over the weekend, but am going a little backwards. 3D printer is in bits at the moment as I stripped the bed assembly and fitted the stiffer supports along with the z-axis synchronising belt. The problem now is that the z-axis is stuttering when going up, so I need to check the current going to the motors. That should be simple given the various instructions, but the setting pots are not showing any voltage against which to check and I can't find any alternative instruct…

The old grey cells are obviously waking up, although I'm not sure I am actually in control of what they are doing. Having been struggling with the FreeCAD stuff, I've got models for the stand for the lathe, and two halves of a motor mount to take the three phase motor and allow me to tension the belt to the headstock. Initially I thought I would run the motor mount in ABS plastic since I have a reel of blue stuff, but after a couple of attempts at 3DBenchy I can see that the extruder…