Didn’t get anything done. Tonight the Wif has off, so probably no progress tonight either. Thursday, I should try my current list of troubleshooting steps. If there are still no dice to be had…
I need to order a few more linear bearings, I won’t say that one of them is currently jacked (and I try to never order one of a commodity item). While I’m doing that I’ll be getting some RFID stuff to set up access controls for the animals. Since I’m doing that I should get whatever I need to boost the power for the stepper motors on the Z-axis. Heck, why not all the motors (ie never buy one when 10 isn’t too much more)? If I’m doing that I should think about replacing the control board with a BeagleBone. That’s what I’m thinking right now. I think that’s why Thomas Sanladerer mentioned in a video to not be too cheap. Then again, I wanted the learning experience more than anything, and I’m definitely learning a lot more than how to click print.