Belt Tension starting reference
Dear community, I finally made it through the whole build process and am now in full commissioning mode.
I'm struggling to find any guidance on the initial belt tension...nothing mentioned in the Dozuki, when I browse the web I am even more confused than before.
Can anyone give me a starting point or at least an indication on the belt tension x,y and hybrid (in N) ?
I'm a bit clueless at this point.
Thank you very much for helping me out.
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Looser is better. As the tik said, just tight enough for the belts to not slap the frame. Then use the macros to get the belts even. If you go too tight you wear out parts prematurely
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just tight enough to not skip when moving. That's your starting point
But the commissioning guide absolutely has a section on it.
@TheTik Thank you for coming back to me, highly apprecited 🙂 Right now I have all belts at 6.25N is this too much to get started? This is what I am seeing right now when I measure the belt tension.
I don't know, I just did it "kinda taut" and it prints fine. I'm not chasing speed nor perfection but I get very usable prints
Well I'm fed up with the "Big-Brands" and what they are telling me what to do and what not to do......so I went "open source" all the way and read a lot of good things about the RatRig printers....I'm in it for speed and perfection....albeit it's going to be a very steep learning curve and a bumpy road to get where I want to be.
Anybody else have any suggestions?
Solution
Looser is better. As the tik said, just tight enough for the belts to not slap the frame. Then use the macros to get the belts even. If you go too tight you wear out parts prematurely
Thanks @blacksmithforlife 🇺🇸 I'm gpoing to give it a try and see where I end up 🙂