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    • zapta
      zapta last edited by

      RRF seems to assume that Z movement is done with lead-screws and prints messages like the one below. With the increasing popularity of Z-belts, may be useful to revisit the wording.

      Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.029 0.011 -0.001 0.008, points used 4, (mean, deviation) before (0.014, 0.006) after (0.000, 0.000)
      Current deviation: 0.006

      https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/blob/dev/src/Movement/Kinematics/ZLeadscrewKinematics.cpp#L307

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      • fcwilt
        fcwilt @zapta last edited by

        @zapta said in What leadscrew?:

        With the increasing popularity of Z-belts

        Is that happening?

        I know having used Z belts on a recent printer upgrade that is the way I would go in the future.

        Frederick

        Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits. A custom MarkForged style. A small Utilmaker style and a CoreXY from kits. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.1

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        • zapta
          zapta @fcwilt last edited by zapta

          @fcwilt said in What leadscrew?:

          Is that happening?

          I think so. I am judging from the Voron 2.4 which is becoming the flagship model of open source community designs. The main advantage I heard about is the lack of z banding, and it uses gearing to avoid the gantry dropping down when the printer is turned off.

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          • o_lampe
            o_lampe @fcwilt last edited by

            @fcwilt On my hashPrinter I opted for Z-belt mechanism, just because they can be made in any length and it doesn't hurt ($$$) to cut the belt.
            Also having the chance to home Z to max at high speed is a plus.

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