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Monolith SLM Belt Clip
$7.25 USD
Sale price
$7.25 USD
Regular price
$8.25 USD
The Monolith's flipped belt path is one belt's thickness away from the X MGN12H carriage's surface. Therefore, it's possible to design a thin SLM belt clamp around the carriage with the following design goals:
- Single-piece
- Very light and space-efficient compared to other solutions
- Achieve the minimum 6T count recommended by Gates (no damage to the belt teeth at spec tension and high accels)
- The belt section under load is completely straight (no minimum bending radius violation)
- Narrow enough to achieve the standard X-travels (250, 300, 350)
- Can clip onto the carriage without screws until the rest of the toolhead is installed
- No vertical space constraint (universal, supports belts up to 12mm)
- Excess belt on the outside
- With only 2 screws partially tightened it's easy to pull the belt's other end to take out all the slack before tensioning
More information on GitHub
Note: Extruder not included
These are SLM parts a prone to warping and may have some manufacturing defects, with this consideration I am dropping the price.
Please consider the fact that the original price is still much lower than you could buy direct from the manufacturer.
Ideally these would have both mating faces machined flat and parallel, but until I get my Milo CNC up and running, that is beyond my capabilities.