Belt tightening "rule of thumb"?

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I’m still practicing and learning, so I have a question about belt tightening.
I tightened my belts on the X and Y to what I thought they needed to be. (for some reason the X axis was slipping and migrating across the work piece with each pass). After tightening, I tested with rapid movement to all quandrants and everything looked fine. Problem is, when I tried to do another test run, the X axis would not budge and stayed in the same position.

So… is there a rule of thumb that I should use when checking my belt tightness or tightening them? I assume I got them too tight because after loosening the belt slightly, the toolpath went back to working correctly.

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Here’s your reading assignment for the weekend. Measuring belt tension, squaring and calibration

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Very Good!!! Thank you. That tells me more than I thought I needed but infact it’s exactly what I needed.

Thanks Again

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