flurin wrote:flickerfly wrote:I'm continuing to try to track down a problem where thing Ord Bot won't print circles. I'm looking for information on belt tensioning as a potential issue with this.
I solved the belt tensioning "issue" using this bracket:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:43324
cvoinescu wrote:Digitalmagic wrote:By the way, I used GT2 belt instead of MXL, for a better strength and precision. Teeth are trapezoidal instead of rounded.
The other way round. GT2 belt has rounded teeth, MXL is trapezoidal. But yes, GT2 is better in this application.
Digitalmagic wrote:Did you compare ABS and PLA ?flurin wrote:I solved the belt tensioning "issue" using this bracket: ... http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:43324
Digitalmagic wrote:GT2 enhanced the tooth/groove contact, it is curvilinear, not rounded.
cvoinescu wrote:Digitalmagic wrote:GT2 enhanced the tooth/groove contact, it is curvilinear, not rounded.
I fail to see the difference between "curvilinear" and "rounded" -- except that the former is erudite and the latter plebeian, they mean the same thing.
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