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Motor drive belt tightness

Posted by CalBoy101
on 2005-06-01 20:00:21 UTC
I bought a retrofitted Bridgeport clone mill that has size 42 stepper
motors on it. The controller was blown up and in the process of trying
to debug it the previous owner had loosened up all the belts on the
machine.

It has 5/8" wide Gates type cogged belts on X and Y and a 3/8" wide
Gates belt on the Z axis.

Is there a "rule of thumb" for how tight these belts should be?

Thanks,

Paul T.

Discussion Thread

CalBoy101 2005-06-01 20:00:21 UTC Motor drive belt tightness Jon Elson 2005-06-01 23:00:27 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Motor drive belt tightness gary 2005-06-02 10:34:50 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Motor drive belt tightness