DropLit Assembly Guide
5 – Assembling the Drive System & Carriage
Like I did in the previous section, I'm going to break up the build tasks in order to avoid a huge
materials list at the beginning. The first task is going to be attaching the stepper motor to the Motor
Mount and routing the wiring to the electronics compartment.
Installing the Stepper Motor
You'll need the following components for this task:
The first thing that we need to do is remove the connector shell from the stepper motor wiring.
The gShield uses screw terminals and not four pin connectors like the stepper is supplied with.
We do want to preserve the little metal crimp sockets as they will fit easily into the gShield's
terminal block. Removing the pins is very simple – insert a small pin or needle into the hole above
each position and that will release the crimp socket. Press down and pull at the same time and it comes
right out.
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Fig. 5-1: Two wires down, two to go!
Fig. 5-2: Release tab location.
5 Wire Ties
