How often do you swap out your belts?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

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New to CNC - Considering the Shapeoko 3 XL

Belts are surprisingly effective for the smaller hobby CNC machines. I had one (defective) belt break early on on my SO3 (6mm from the initial batch), and Brandon Fischer got a years worth of hard use out of his back in the SO1/2 days (6mm MXL). Some folks feel buying U.S. made belts from SDP/SI is a marked improvement in reliability (ought to be for the price difference) — not sure where Carbide 3D is sourcing belts from at the moment. The community has some notes on this at: https://www.shap…