Step 5: Clamp the Timing Belts to the Stages

To attach the X stage, we used an aluminum plate (about 1"x3") under the Y stage board with two screws on each side of the timing belt. We drilled two holes in the X stage to get our 3" driver bit in there - put in two screws, then slide the assembly up a bit and add two more screws. For the Y stage, we made two aluminum plates (one about 1"x3", and the other about 1"x1") to connect the belt to the stage. In each case, you are just trying to clamp (or pinch) the belt to the mechanism.







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