Parametric timing belt generator 3D for print
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I have been tinkering with some alternative ideas for transmitting mechanical power to the hot end of my Ultimaker, and I wanted to try different belt types for it. Not having a big budget to buy belting, but a spare spool of Taulman 618, inspired me to expand on a belt generator module by DoomMeister and a tooth library by Droftarts.
The module now prints straight segments, closed loops, and coils of belting in the following tooth profiles: MXL, T2.5, T5, T10, GT2_2mm, GT2_3mm, GT2_5mm, AT5, HTD_3mm, HTD_5mm, HTD_8mm, 40DP, XL, and L. I provided middle of the road defaults for backing thickness and belt width for each profile, but the defaults can be overridden. The rendering time in OpenSCAD seems to be a function of the number and complexity of teeth, and the print layout, and the times increase exponentially after a point.
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Jeff Hertzberg3d model description
This OpenSCAD module generates open, closed, and coiled timing belts in a variety of tooth styles. The belts are useful in light to medium duty projec...ts and in prototyping.I have been tinkering with some alternative ideas for transmitting mechanical power to the hot end of my Ultimaker, and I wanted to try different belt types for it. Not having a big budget to buy belting, but a spare spool of Taulman 618, inspired me to expand on a belt generator module by DoomMeister and a tooth library by Droftarts.
The module now prints straight segments, closed loops, and coils of belting in the following tooth profiles: MXL, T2.5, T5, T10, GT2_2mm, GT2_3mm, GT2_5mm, AT5, HTD_3mm, HTD_5mm, HTD_8mm, 40DP, XL, and L. I provided middle of the road defaults for backing thickness and belt width for each profile, but the defaults can be overridden. The rendering time in OpenSCAD seems to be a function of the number and complexity of teeth, and the print layout, and the times increase exponentially after a point.
