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Topic: Solidoodle Y belt?

Whats the name of the short closed-loop Y belt used to connect the Y motor pulley to a pulley on the back (drive) rod?
I'd buy from Solidoodle but their shipping calc is broken again, I don't want to waste time exchanging emails with them to recalculate it and also want to try some other company and see if that makes any difference on the print.

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Re: Solidoodle Y belt?

The belts used to be from Stock Drive http://www.sdp-si.com/ and might still be.  Look for a part# on the belt and search it on the site.  It might take a couple tries to figure out which part of the number on the belt is the start of the part number.  I think I got to it by searching a portion of the number and seeing what it matched up with.

The belts are MXL pitch, but I don't know the length.

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Re: Solidoodle Y belt?

Here's what it says on the belt:

1) "STOCK DRIVES"

2) SDP A 6Z16 084 025/060

3) and also smaller, on on top of the other:

523203792 45  08102013 008
523203792 45  08102013 009

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Re: Solidoodle Y belt?

This would be the part #-

A 6Z16-084025

084 is the number of grooves, 025 means .25" width.  Since it is MXL pitch, 84 grooves works out to 6.75" length.

http://sdp-si.com/ss/pdf/81002015.pdf

A Solidoodle is a kind of annoying mishmash of metric and imperial sizes, but that is an unfortunate side effect of sourcing stuff in the US.  Some things are easy to find in metric sizes, other things would need to be bought overseas at a higher price if you want a metric version.  It would be interesting to see if the Press is more consistent since it is built entirely in China.

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Re: Solidoodle Y belt?

Thanks a lot Ian, I wouldn't have guessed what the code meant myself.
is there any seller of such belt on eBay? I tried searching for a belt by inputting the parameters of this belt or just the code but I don't get anything. The $25 shipping is a bit expensive for a tiny belt.

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Re: Solidoodle Y belt?

This looks like it might be equivalent from McMaster -http://www.mcmaster.com/#7887k75/=uwrrax