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Thanks - that helps a lot.

Looks very nice :) is that also GT2-2 profile?

Please don't get me wrong, I am not in any way trying to knock Gearotic, I am still learning to use it and aim to use it to design some clocks and kinetic sculptures, but I have not as yet seen any options for belt retainers, hubs or retaining screws ...

Here is a 48 tooth GT2 gear I just printed, for the Z axis reduction gearing on my laser cutter.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/16693449405_80a68c5292_m.jpg
You can see a slight bend in the top rim, this is where I squeezed it to remove it from the heated bed before it had fully hardened ...

I may yet do some more research on the resin in that case, I know some resins can be a bit smelly, I covered one of my flat roofs in fibreglass recently - that stuff is quite potent.

Not sure if you guys have heard about this one - a UV laser based resin printer where you can buy all the key ...

This is my blog for the 3D Printer(s)

And this is the one for the Laser Cutter

I keep contemplating a DIY DLP resin based printer, like this one on Instructables but really only for the build kudos rather than choosing to make much stuff with it over my filament printer(s).

Currently the ...

Thanks for the comments

@Ken
You're not wrong - I believe a high percentage of 3D printers are used purely for creating parts for making other 3D printers (they really do seem to breed fast), and a large part of the remainder only produce ornaments, iPhone stands and bottle openers.

I have to ...

Hi All,

I am new here and only recently purchased my license for Gearotic.

Here is a gear I printed based on the one Bart Dring designed for his rotary engraving adapter , Bart's original gear uses MXL tooth profile and I wanted to use GT2.

For those that don't know, MXL and GT2 are very similar ...