[This Old Tony] is no stranger to quality tools, but he started on a mini lathe. Nostalgia does not stop him from broadcasting his usual brand of snark (actually, it is doubtful that anything ...

[Mark Rehorst] had heard the arguments against using a belt drive for the Z-axis on a 3D printer build: The belt can stretch, causing inaccurate layer height. If power fails, gravity will totally ...

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