Hardware Reference
Button Head Cap Bolt (BHCS)
Metric fastener with a dome shaped head and hex drive. Most commonly found in locations where a fastener makes contact directly with a printed part.
ISO 7380-1
Flat Head Countersunk Bolt (FHCS)
Metric fastener with a flat head and hex drive, designed to sit flush inside a countersunk hole. Most commonly found in locations where a fastener makes contact directly with a printed part.
ISO 10642
Socket Head Cap Bolt (SHCS)
Metric fastener with a cylindrical shaped head and hex drive. Most commonly found in locations where a fastener makes contact directly with either a metal part or in conjunction with a washer.
ISO 4762
Nyloc Hex Nuts
Hex nuts couple with bolts to create a tight, secure joint. Nyloc nuts go one step further and cuddle your bolts like your mum used to when you were a child.
ISO 10642
Fan Screw CS-1
A PC standard fan mounting screw. Exclusively used to hold the system cooling fans to the bottom panel.
Heat-set Insert
Heat-set inserts with a soldering tip so that they melt the plastic when installed. As the plastic cools, it solidifies around the knurls and ridges on the insert for excellent resistance to both torque and pull-out.
F608ZZ Bearing
A ball bearing with a flange used to hold lead-screws in place.
608ZZ Bearing
A ball bearing used to hold lead-screws in place.
Locking Collar
Steel or aluminium loops with a grub-screw in the side used to limit the free travel of a lead-screw.
Self-tapping Screw
Fastener with a pronounced thread profile that is bolted directly into plastic.
Washer
Usually stamped from sheet metal, this type of spacer distributes load over a larger area. Only used in M5 size.
Set-screw
Small, headless fastener with an internal drive. Used in pulleys and other gears. Also called a grub-screw.
ISO 4026
Spring T-nut
Nut that can be inserted into the slot of an aluminium profile. Used in both M3 and M5 variants throughout this guide.
20-Tooth GT2 Pulley
Attached to the Z-Axis motor.
40-Tooth GT2 Pulley
Used to drive the Z-Axis lead-screw from the 20-tooth pulley above.
Brass Lead-screw Nut
Used to translate rotational motion of a lead-screw into linear motion of an axis.