Chain Links - Belt printer

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<p>The idea of belt printers is something that fascinated me and I created a few models, this is one of them! I made 4 versions whilst I tried to understand how belt printers actually print, and then gave this version to @NAK3DDesigns over on Twitter, Karl kindly tested and came up with some tweaks to make it more printable which I have incorporated into the files here.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</p><p>You can of course just paste multiple versions of this file into your slicer to get the length of chain you desire but there is also a way of making an infinite loop of just one file using some clever belt magic in the gcode your slicer creates, I'll let Karl explain!</p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://youtu.be/_Tkl28JM5lo"></oembed></figure><p>To accompany this magic you'll need the 3-5 file (v3 of my chain design with 5 links) but if you want to just paste multiple copies for a shorter chain, or even to print on a non-belt printer) then the 3-6 file (v3 design with 6 links) is your friend</p>