Live Build Help Needed - 1000mm drag chain "male"

X-Carve Troubleshooting
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I’m at the instructions where I’m supposed to add the male drag chain end to my angle bracket.

I don’t see a separate “male drag chain” end, and nothing in the instructions about taking it off the wrapped up drag chain that’s in the bag.

Do I need to disassemble the drag chain?

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Remove the end of the larger drag chain piece. You should see two holes where the screws go.

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The original instructions said to take the two ends off of the length of drag chain, one is male, one is female.
I didn’t see that step in the new/improved instructions, but I didn’t click through everything there.

As for the pic above - the old instructions show that piece attached to an angle bracket, not directly like shown here.

edit: seeing if I can cut/paste from a pdf of the old instructions:

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sorry about that. I did pull one end off and attach it to the l bracket shown

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Thanks guys! Tips on how to pull this off without destroying the part?

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Here was the other axis also

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Pro tip - one of those tiny screwdrivers seemed to do it
Not without a whole lot of scrapes in the plastic (and one of my fingers)…but it works.

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I used a thin flat head screw drive and slowly lifted up on the edge until one end came up and then removed the other end pretty easily.

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You need to apply the amount of force that you are almost positive will cause the end to break off + 30%.

A very scary step.

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