Quote Originally Posted by Neale View Post
If I am aiming to use a couple of 20T HTD5 pulleys, and not allowing for potential pulley change later, what kind of adjustment should I allow for belt tolerance, stretch, fitting, etc? The steppers will be mounted on plates with slotted holes for fixing and with due allowance for the central boss. Nominal pulley centre-centre distance is 115mm. I've never used these things before so not sure what a sensible range of adjustment should be.

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Neale slots of about 40-50mm would be fine and certainly make it easier to put the belts on.