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[m_c]

Jazz has covered the pros+cons of each pretty well.

Belts should work out far cheaper, and remember you can always buy a longer belt and cut it into two.
You also don't a wide belt given the relatively low forces needed.

For example, in the old HPC catalogue I've got here, they do upto 2500mm belts in HTD5, which could be cut to give you one side of the long axis, along with enough for the short axis, then you just need a shorter belt to cut open for the other side.

[JAZZCNC]

For example, in the old HPC catalogue I've got here

If your buying from HPC then you have too much bloody money.:rofl:

Find a local bearing dealer they will more than likely have belt on the shelf and sell you the exact lengths you need. . . I find they like to dealing cash with things like belt n bearings as it's easily lost.:whistling:

[Jonathan]

Perhaps another problem with belts that long is them vibrating/resonating? Just a thought...

[Swarfing]

Oh another thing look at using HTD8, for some reason this can come out cheaper than HTD5 in cut lengths. I got mine which is HTD5 plus pulleys from ERIKS in Swindon and the truth is at £165 i could have bought screws