[ELECTRON] Proposed new club + Arduino meet up

[Blair Thompson]

Yes the synchromesh cable is a new one on me.  I have only heard so far 
of one reprap builder who is using the stuff.

Reading the blurb from teh manufacturer the synchromesh belt appears to 
be more suited to the purpose than the T5 timing belt that is commonly 
used.  T5 was the origional choice because it is reasonably easy to 
print pulleys that can drive it...  Even then you still get better 
results using alumium pulleys I and others have found.

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.

Synchromesh may tunes things a little more I hope.


On 19/01/2012 18:56, Clive Mitchell wrote:
> I've never seen that synchromesh belt before.  You'd wonder if it
> might twist under strain, but it seems stable in that video.
>
> I know from past experience that just buying off the shelf toothed
> belts is a minefield of metric and imperial sizes and pitches.  I
> guess the Prusa Mendel geeks have standardised on a particular size.
>
> On 19 January 2012 06:16, Blair Thompson<mail at justblair.co.uk>  wrote:
>> Looks ok, but I may already have a belt organised.  I have placed and order
>> for synchromesh cable to upgrade my own printer.
>
>