This was the most messed up thing on the printer - it started out looking like this:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/9066551516250263862.jpg)
and wound up looking like this:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2846571516250293543.jpg)
at the base, and:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/9702641516250353289.jpg)
at the top, where the belt idler is. Note that the body is printed, with a pulley, skateboard bearings and central ground steel shaft. The belt is a pretty standard 6mm GT2. Here's an exploded view:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/5394971516307650757.jpg)
On the axis slider is a printed adapter that fits over the original wire termination:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6578241516250543275.jpg)
Note that the top flag is for the optical Z-stop.
This made a huge difference to the reliability of the printer - at the time of this writing it's been running almost continuously for days churning out large chess pieces. :)
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