Belt Deflection Tester for conveyor-belt printers

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<p>Print this part in any material that sticks strongly to your printer's belt. &nbsp;Infill and layer height do not matter - I printed mine as fast as I could to get the tests out quicker. &nbsp;This is not designed to test belt adhesion - it's designed to stick well to the belt so that you can pull the top of the part and measure how much the belt bends.</p><p>To use, I recommend a 50N digital force gauge - but any force gauge should work. &nbsp;The maximum force your belt can take before deflection is the number I'm trying to measure.</p><p>I will be comparing my various beltprinters and also new ones coming out, while working on ways to lower belt deflection and make beltprinters even more awesome!<br>&nbsp;</p><p>I made a video partly on the design and usage of this part - skip to 10:19, the previous chunk is on belting out my large belt ejector:&nbsp;</p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://youtu.be/7WT-waNWi6c"></oembed></figure><p><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p>This work is part of the PrintShift project, trying to add part ejection to 3D Printers.</p>