Spoke to some timing belt companies, intersting stuff........

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I hate imerial sizes too, my problem is I have been give the pulley sizes and belt sizes and kind of followed that. If I knew what I was doing I would have changed them. This is mainly becuase I will offer a full BOM to everyone once I have completed the project and it would be nice for all parts to be commonly sourced in the UK.

I have sourced everything so far except the drives, belts & pulleys. I was going to buy the Gecko 540 kit only becuase it all plugs in which saves me alot of worry. I am pretty handy with fabrication but not too good with electrics unless the plans are fool proof (and I mean fool proof).

I dont expect the build to be brilliant but if all parts could be sourced in the UK it reduces shipping costs from other countries for anyone else wanting to jump in and build someting similar, currently the only option I have found is the 8x4 blackfoot which is very pricey.

I bloody hate imperial sizes, what a waste of time......

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HTD5 pulley's and belt

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Try ERIKS where i got mine from. It is an expensive outlay but comparible to screws, I will try and update my build log soon. Don't buy the rubber belt a complete false a oconomy, Time gets less and less everyday, i have to finish putting my southbend back together to make room to finish it off (tiny garage)