Prusa i3 Installation V2.1 1 Installation of Y-Axis Mount Material List: Plastic Items Screw Slide Guide Bearing Fastening piece y-corners * 4 M10-410mm* 2 M8-380mm * 2 605ZZ * 2 M10 Nut&Shim * 12 y-idler *1 M8-205mm * 3 LM8UU * 3 M8 Nut&Shim * 26 y-motor * 1 M8-310mm * 1 M5 Nut&Shim * 1 M5-25mm Screw* 1 Install the Y-axis synchronous belt guide roller with 2pcs of 605zz bearing, 1pcs of M5-25mm screw, 1pcs of M5 nut and 1pcs of shim. Then install the front socket Step Two Install the back Socket
Step Three Install the Front & Back Socket Step Four Install the slider guide 2 The installation of bed amount Material List: Plastics Items Acrylic Items Synchronous belt & pulley y-belt-holder * 1 Y- Axis Ground *1 2GT synchronous pulley * 1 Stepper motor Fastening piece 42 stepper motor* 1 M3 Nut&Shim * 4 2GT Belt * 1M M3-16mm screw * 2 M3-10mm screw * 2 M3 self-locking screw * 2 Synchronous belt locking spring *1
Install the y-belt-holder to the Y- Axis Ground with the M3 self-locking Step Two Fixed amount to the slider of Y-axis
3 Installation of X-Axis Material List: Plastics Items Slider guide Bearing synchronous belt & pulley Stepper motor Fastening piece x-end-motor * 1 M8-370mm * 2 LM8UU * 7 2GT synchronous 42 stepper M3 Shim * 4 pulley * 1 motor* 1 x-end-idler * 1 2GT Belt * 1M M5 Shim*4 x-carriage * 1 Put LM8UU into thex-endplastics objects M5 Nut*1 M5-25mm Screw* 1 M3-25mm Screw* 4 Synchronous belt locking spring *1 Step Two Add M5 nut to x-end Step Three Install the slider guide and the synchronous belt wheel bearings of X-axis with M5 screw and shim
Step Four Installx-carriage
4 Installation of Acrylic frame Material List: Acrylic Items Fastening piece Frame * 1 M3-25mm Screw * 6 Triangle Plate * 2 M3 Nut &Shim * 6 Frame and side plate 5 Connect the X Y Z Axis Material List: Plastic Items Screw Slider Guide Stepper Motor Flexible coupling Fastening piece z-axis-top * 1 M5-300mm*2 M8-320mm *2 42 Stepper Motor* 2 z-axis-bottom * 1 5-5mm flexible coupling device * 2 M3-16mm Screw * 10 M3-10mm Screw * 6 M3 Shim * 16
Connection of Y-axis amount and Acrylic frame Step Two Fix the motor of Z-axis and install the slider guide and drive nut Step Three Installation of the motor of X & Y
Step Four Installation of the synchronous belt of X & Y 6 Installation of Heat-bed Material List Components fastening piece MK3 Heatbed * 1 M3-25mm Screw*4 Thermistor * 1 M3 Nut&Shim * 4 Several wires Pressure Spring * 4 Soldering the heatbed wire and indicator LED light and sticking the tape Step Two Stick the thermistor on the front side of heatbed and fix the heatbed to the Y amount
7 Installation of extruder Material List Plastic Items Components Fastening piece ex-base * 1 Nozzle * 1 M3-40mm Screw*2 ex-small-1 * 1 4cm Cooling Fan * 1 M3-30mm Screw*2 ex-small-2 * 1 M3-25mm Screw*3 M3-16mm Screw*2 M3-12mm Screw*1 M3-10mm Screw*2 M3 Nut* 13 M3 Slim * 8 Install the ex-base
Step Two Install the nozzle Step Three Install the Cooling Fan Step Four Install the ex-small 8 Install the End Stop Tact Switch Material List Plastic Items Components Fastening piece end-stop-z *1 Tact Switch * 3 M3-14mm Nut * 6 end-stop-y * 1 M3-25mm * 2 M3 Nut * 3 M3 Shim * 6
Fix the tact switch to the end-stop Step Two Install the end-stop to the printer
9 Wire Connection Material List Component Fastening piece Arduino 2560 * 1 M3-10mm Screw * 7 Ramps1.4 * 1 M3 Nut * 3 SMPS * 1 M3 Shim * 7 Several Wires SMPS Wires Yellow - 220v Ground Line Blue - 220V Live Line Brown - Zero Line Red & Black - Switching power supply 12v output
Step Two Fix the Mega 2560 and SMPS to the printer Step Three Wire Connection
10 Installation Finished Tips: 1.Stepper Motor Wire Long Motor: Red-Blue-Black-Green Short Motor: Red-Blue-Green-Black 2.DuPont Wire