So after 629 hours of printing I readjusted my cheapskates and belts. I found my Y-axis and Z-axis belt clips were not tight and the belts had slipped half a notch. In short, the belts were not very tight and definitely not of equal tension. As well the cheapskates were loose.
Thus, I adjusted the eccentric spacers to tighten the cheapskates. Then, I loosened the top belt idlers and the the belt clips and tightened each X, Y and Z belts a couple of notches. Then retightened the belt clips, and installed my belt adjusters which can be found here (
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... 5&start=96" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;). You can see that I re-taped the towers to prevent heat loss form the enclosure/chamber.
I love how the adjusters worked. It was easy to adjust and specifically was easy to adjust each side such that the belts ran in the middle of the idlers. I do think think the belts are a bit tighter than before. At some point in time I will figure a way to determine the tension in the belts as previously posted such that there is a standard and appropriate tension as previously mentioned (
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... &start=106" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).
I'm now reprinting the "Bandaid" model (
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... 100#p67166" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) to see if there is a difference in the quality of the print it did previously (
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... 125#p67266" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).