{"id":345,"date":"2020-09-27T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2020-11-17T18:32:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T18:32:10","slug":"anycubic-photon-3d-printer-z-axis-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"Anycubic Photon 3D printer Z-axis upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Anycubic Photon is a great, very inexpensive resin 3D printer. I got it to try and make machine parts and to learn how to design parts for 3D printing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One issue it has is the Z-axis is not very stable and the very slight side-to-side movements can cause ‘z-wobble’ (this is corrected in the new Photon S model). This z-wobble can mean the prints have may have horizontal banding on the vertical edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had some spare HGR15 linear rail so decided to upgrade the Z-axis in the printer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the original Z-axis in the Photon. There is a a grove behind the lead screw on which 3 bearings run, if you wobble the blue carriage you can feel it move side to side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The linear rail was cut in half and attached to the sides of the existing aluminium support. Using my Taig mill I cut a new supporting plate and attached to the linear guides with angle pieces. All of this had to be done very accurately on a mill to avoid binding of the rails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n