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From what I have read, they indeed do use finer pitch cable. But
apparently that is not the main differences. The profile of the
teeth on the belt aparently make a difference. The teeth I believe
have rounded sides which close the gap between them an the pulley.
They also are deeper I think. Aparently there is another belt
called GT2 that is better suited to reprap purposes. I struggled to
find a supplier for this belt though. Then I saw the synchromesh
stuff on Thingiverse. <br>
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Upshot is that as long as it's no worse than T5, GOSHG can have my
timing belts and alu pulleys. :)<br>
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Working on the extruder right now. It came out mostly alright
though I had to do a little fettling. It looks like it will work.<br>
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<b>We do need a hobbed bolt though... These can be bought for a few
pounds on E-bay, but if anyone has access to some tools perhaps
they would like to have a stab at making one?</b><br>
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On 19/01/2012 21:10, Clive Mitchell wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Printers usually use a fine pitch timing style belt and get pixel
accuracy in both directions. I'm not sure if they use anti-backlash
pulleys like the ones that are split in two with slight spring tension
between them so they grip both faces of the timing belt as it passes
over their staggered teeth.
On 19 January 2012 21:00, Blair Thompson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mail@justblair.co.uk"><mail@justblair.co.uk></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The problem with T5 is that it is designed as a timing cable. This means
that it is effective providing that it only moves in one direction. On a
reprap of course switches direction on either axis constantly. That said I
am getting really good quality on the T5 belt.
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