So how many other people got a big cheesy grin on their face when their machine move freely for the first time?

I could have quite literally smashed it to bits last night! It was binding up all over the place and when it did move couldn't lift my weight! Oh yeah its gone vertical now to save space.

So stripped it all down last night noticed the ballnuts weren't square with the rotating ballnut mount so that didnt help.

It's now all nicely realigned, tacked and clamped (ran out of mig wire) and moves freely under the control of mach. It lifts me and 2 kids together without breaking a sweat. The pendant has been ditched for now.

Next on the cards is the X axis......or is in now Y.......oh I dunno......beer time