Snapmaker J1/ --- Upgrades---

Not a real upgrade but rather a fix for the design flaw that only the Y belts are adjustable without disassembly - and nothing for the faint-hearted:

  1. home your printer
  2. put a mark onto the window on each side where the screw for the belt is
  3. screw off the windows. On the left side, you also need to screw off the aluminium cover above the screen (mark the position of the screw there as well)
  4. drill a 12mm hole into the window. A step drill is highly recommended since it is less aggressive that a normal drill. Use a file (or a milling machine if you have one) to remove the small part of the aluminum cover element that covers the hole you just made.
  5. assemble everything back together

Now you can access the X axis belt tensioners with a small 1/4" hex nut without needing do remove the side windows whenever the printer is homed.

(sorry, still no pictures here - I keep getting an error, regardless if I use my computer or my phone to upload them :frowning: )

If you want, print plugs for the holes, but I think they should be unnecessary - the gaps in the doors are much larger.

Edit: thanks to i3sven, you can find the pictures further down in this thread. Direct link: Snapmaker J1/ --- Upgrades--- - #10 by i3sven

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