Step 07.1 — Confirm the gate before you start¶
Step 1 of 39 · Chapter 07 — A/B belts and tensioning
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Gather for this segment — steps 07.1–07.5 (~25 min)
Already on the bench
- the two front-idler M3×40 SHCS
- the two front-idler M3 washers
Parts: none.
Do:
- Confirm the gantry is on the Z joints and the Z belts are clamped, from Ch 06 Part A.
- Push the gantry through its full Y travel and the X carriage through its full X travel by hand.
Check
No notchiness, no rising resistance at either end of travel, no carriage running off a rail. The X carriage coasts when pushed.
What you're looking at
The gate check. You have a gantry that slides freely in X and Y with nothing driving it. The two CoreXY belts are the last mechanical link, and they thread through six separate bearing stacks. Binding is far cheaper to find now.
Source: Voron manual p.124