Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I just finished assembling and calibrating a PowerBelt3D Zero 3D printer. It uses a belt rather than a plate as a build surface, and that, combined with the angled extruder motion system, allows one to print arbitrarily long objects. Which I need to do.
The video shows how the object being printed is moving around on the belt. The adhesion to the belt is good, but the belt is not stiff enough (or tight enough?) to resist the pressure from the extruder.
This is likely to limit the quality and dimensional accuracy of the prints. Perhaps there is an adjustment that can be made.
I just finished assembling and calibrating a PowerBelt3D Zero 3D printer. It uses a belt rather than a plate as a build surface, and that, combined with the angled extruder motion system, allows one to print arbitrarily long objects. Which I need to do.
The video shows how the object being printed is moving around on the belt. The adhesion to the belt is good, but the belt is not stiff enough (or tight enough?) to resist the pressure from the extruder.
This is likely to limit the quality and dimensional accuracy of the prints. Perhaps there is an adjustment that can be made.
