Step 06.4 — Cut the four Z belts¶
Step 4 of 42 · Chapter 06 — Z axis (and Chapter 06b — Gantry squaring)
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Parts:
- Gates 2GT open belt, 9 mm wide, four lengths of about 1400 mm · consumable
- masking tape · consumable
Do: Cut four lengths of ~1400 mm. The manual's minimum for a 350 is 1200 mm and the kit supplies 6 m, so 1400 leaves ~400 mm spare. Cut square with flush cutters, between teeth. Label each with masking tape.
Check
Four belts, all the same length within a few mm, all with clean square ends and no frayed cords.
What you're looking at
Open-ended GT2 belt off the reel. This is the 9 mm belt for Z; the A/B belts in Ch 07 are the narrower 6 mm. Each is one cut length, not a loop: both ends clamp at one gantry corner, below and on top.
Good stopping point · ~30 min since the last one
M5 nuts seated in all four Z bearing blocks, four Z belts cut to length and labelled by corner. Do not start clipping a belt end in: each corner is one continuous clip-and-clamp job.
Source: Voron manual p.111