Belt drive vs direct coupling pro's and cons, Poll

[Desertboy]

LOL that's funny because I went with direct drive because I felt it was more simple to implement lol, but I had all the parts made on a CNC so relied on the accuracy of both the machine it was made on and my cad models to get the alignment correct.

Having the motor's in the chassis is a very good point and it worries me that mine aren't. But am going to put it on legs so if I orientate it to the wall correctly the chance of damaging it is remote.

This is 1 of my Y axis motor mount (Notice the nema isn't bolted in)


I think it would be simple to convert this mount to belt drive with 2 pulleys as it bolts into the T slots horizontally which means I can adjust.

My other axis would mean remaking plates so if I ever do change those to belt drive I will have to remake the plates (On my machine of course)

In case of confusion I'm classing the bottom twin ballscrew axis as my Y & Gantry as my X.

Am open to advice though on any point of the build as I'm only vaguely sure at anyone time of what I am actually doing lol.