Lineux Sling Status Update

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]Hi guys, uh welcome back just to update on the current state of the line sling.

[00:00:08]So currently uh it's considered I think almost fully not fully built almost fully built only left the umbilical and the electronics.

[00:00:21]So this is the current state right now.

[00:00:24]Uh the dock slide frame is up. The uh dock slide is also fixed. Uh the belt shouldn't be this way because this I'm using this uh steel core belt. I should just I think I'm going to change to another belt if I have uh some spare or I might have to buy the belts so that it doesn't bend up this way. Using steel core, it tends to bend up this way. So this is the problem with steel core belt. So we're going to change that. And this is the umbilical hub for the four umbilicals.

[00:01:01]The spool mount is at the back. Just a simple setup for a spool mount. This is uh the original lid screw of the uh ender. So I decided to use those. But if you are going to self source is better to have them shorter so that they doesn't protrude out this way.

[00:01:21]So the spool mount is here like this. So you can just put the spool at the back.

[00:01:25]Hold on, let me show you an example.

[00:01:27]This way.

[00:01:29]Yep.

[00:01:31]So you can just put the spool at the back this way. So the filament path will go from here up into the PTFE here and to the tool head all down also. So you can see the spool down here. Right.

[00:01:47]And the electronics I'm using is still going to be the SKR Mini E3 V3 because that's the one I have. Uh I don't have the money to buy the MCU yet. Uh the one with CAN capable can bus on board. This SKR mini doesn't have CAN bus. So I'm going to be using the U2C still the U2C and also this uh Melo can expander. the four port melo can expender as well so that easier wiring and the micro switch is set. So this is the this is the uh dock slide down here as you can see can move front and back right can move front and back. So this is the dog slide with the four dogs the four tool head down here. Uh, this two doesn't have the stepper motor yet. And big thanks to LDO for sending over the stepper motors and also some new rails for me to install on the X, Y, and Z.

[00:02:52]So, I'm waiting for those to arrive before I can set up this tool head. So, the other two tool head is done here.

[00:02:59]And I'm still using this small pancake motors. This is the LDO. Wait, let me show you.

[00:03:09]LDO slim powered. Yeah. So, LDO slim stepper motor slim power stepper.

[00:03:16]Uh, it should be sufficient. Previously, we are using this and it's enough power because the dog slide goes on the Y-axis. So, you don't need a lot of torque compared to the one on the VC board and the uh boron 2.4 whereby your dog slide will move up and down. So, you need more torque. For this, you don't need the torque because the dog slide just need to move in front and back this way, right? So, it doesn't matter.

[00:03:43]And the carriage are all set. The like I mentioned, the clicky probe will be on the carriage here. So, the clicky probe will have two wires down here at the bottom of the bushing, which will connect to the tool head, the bottom two uh dome nuts as well. So that will make the connection for the click key to the uh EBB toolboard and other than that no other problem.

[00:04:09]These are just chip chip motors that I have here that I use. If this doesn't have power previously also I'm using this but if I want slightly more talk I will have to change this motors.

[00:04:23]And other than that it's almost fully built except for the electronics. So we're going to proceed. This is just a quick video to update on the status of the this uh Linux link. So uh next live stream we will do maybe the electronic section and then we can proceed to run it uh and finalize the design everything. All right. So thank you for watching and do stay tuned for the next video.

[00:04:57]See you guys.