Knowing what does not work can be more important than know what does.

Knowing what does not work can be more important than know what does.

Originally shared by Whosa whatsis

Like the Z-screw-end bearings, here’s another way to screw up your prints by adding a bearing where there shouldn’t be one. I pointed this out to the guys from Airwolf3d last year when I saw that they were doing it, but last time I checked they were still doing it.

This modification changes the geometry and thus the length of your belt as it moves back and forth. You should be able to feel the difference between having the pulley in the center (belt will be looser) vs having it near the end (it will get tighter). This change in belt tension means that your belt will stretch and wear out faster, and also that your steps/mm value will change slightly as the length of the belt changes, causing dimensionally-inaccurate prints.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:196676

If the belt is too close to the motor, solve THAT problem: move the belt path (overall), or move the motor.
Shouldn’t this be an extruder redesign, rather than a kludge-fix?

Actually, a better fix might be to grab the belt on the top run, on either size of the motor (at different heights if necessary), and let the lower run of belt be the return.

So many people that don’t know how things work, even more people forget to think and just follow them… -.-