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1Disassemble your victim
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Tear down the CD-i until you can access the disc tray pulleys.
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Here we can see where the belt should be. I've removed the perished belt already.
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The front panel needs to come off to remove the disc tray.
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You can probably reach the pulleys at this point, but further disassembly is easy enough.
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This latch must be moved to pull the tray out completely.
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With the tray out of the way, now we can proceed.
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2Wrap a piece of string around the pulleys to get the circumference of belt needed.
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Use a piece of string to measure the length of belt needed.
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3Measure string
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Measure the string. This will be your inner circumference of the new belt.
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4Draw up a belt in your CAD program of choice, using the measured circumference as the ID of the belt.
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I used 123D to draw up the belt, using the string measurement as the inner circumference.
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5Fire up your printer with Ninjaflex
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I used a Lulzbot Taz 4, with the stock extruder.
Sliced with Cura Lulzbot edition using the PLA-fine configuration provided by Lulzbot. I manually set the extruder temp to 230C, and no bed heat. Be sure to prime the nozzle completely before starting the print, as Ninjaflex tends to ooze quite a bit.
On my printer, it was necessary to cover my bed with blue tape, because Ninjaflex can permanently bond to the PEI coating I have.
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6Install and test
It may be necessary to iterate a few times, to get the correct tolerances (or if you miss the detail that 123D wants the radius for drawing a cylinder, not the diameter).
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The other thing to watch for is belt thickness. If the belt is too thick, the pulleys won't turn properly.















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sweet! thanks for explaining so clearly!
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