Sort of dumb hack that works. Belt extensions made from 17 gauge galvanized steel electric fence wire. Light and strong enough. They need to be very very close to the same length as maslow config only has one space for extension length. I made them accurate by putting two bolts in a bit of wood and then wrapping them tightly between those bolts. I am using square bolt parts as clips to attach to the plastic belt anchors but there are probably better solutions that wouldn’t catch on things. When you make extensions the current offset from the end of the maslow motors is 30mm which is the length of the plastic belt ends to the center of their anchor hole. Your new extensions need to take that 30mm into account and then add from the center of that hole to the center of the hole at the end of your extension. You then enter this in the config menu. It is under Fluid nc, then under ?settings? then config is a small radio button to the top right. This gets you into the maslow configuration settings. At the end of the list of maslow kinematics there is a setting labeled extensions which should start at 30. Enter your belt extension length there and then press save at the top. I have not tested the accuracy of these but they worked, it ran and moved around happily.
wouldchuck wrote:
Sort of dumb hack that works. Belt extensions made from 17 gauge galvanized
steel electric fence wire. Light and strong enough. They need to be very very
close to the same length as maslow config only has one space for extension
length.
internal implementatin detail. the current extension length was written
extensions that cannot flex vertically (like the current belt ends)
if you raise the anchors so that they are close to flat, the difference between
solid tube extensions that don’t flex and these that will is minor. if you have
a large Z distance, you will be adding more error to the calculations (may or
may not end up mattering)
I’ve wanted to add flexible extensions for a while, but have lacked a user that
I could point to as justification.
David Lang
They seemed to pull pretty tight. It seemed like there will be little error from height issue. I will get better chain links for the joint between the wire and the belts and report back.