Measuring belt tension, squaring and calibration (Pro 15mm belts)

[LiamN (Liam Newcombe)]

I posted a little howto with pics and a fusion file for the stops here

Simple mod to keep your machine square

Getting my machine to cut square and keeping it square has been frustrating me for a while. Even when I spent ages squaring up the frame the cutting squareness seemed inconsistent. So I did what any CNC user would do, modded the machine to fix it Tools required A Shapeoko Calipers A Stick (not calibrated) Optional - 3D printer, or you can use the Shapeoko The Problem(s) The first problem is that it’s pretty hard to get the frame of the Shapeoko really squar…