machine maintenance best practices?

[aquanub]

Hey guys

Been running my PR pretty smoothly lately but I feel like I should be giving it a deep clean / check up soon.

Aside from lubing the lead screws are there any other important things to check?

I noticed some of the screws on the Z axis plate have come loose. Is there anything else that I may have forgotten to check? I may go through and blue loctite them just to be safe.

Thanks!

[Bruce]

I think you want to keep the dust and shavings cleaned up from the machine in general and use some dry lube spray on the screws and rails every so often. Using the blue loctite on things you find loose is a good idea.

[Derek the Admin]

You've got the high points. I also like to blow out the top of the router with some compressed air from time to time.

[aquanub]

Oct 27, 2019 1:50:20 GMT Derek the Admin said:

You've got the high points. I also like to blow out the top of the router with some compressed air from time to time.

What about the anti-rack cables? I noticed mine have been a little looser than when I first assembled it. What is a sign that it needs to be tightened up? Gantry getting stuck?

[Derek the Admin]

It's probably just some stretch. You can give the nuts another turn to tighten them up.