Dyne's LD-F1 (D-O concept) build

[Dyne]

Definitely.

To that end, I really need to solve the belt issues on this droid.  (I'm perversely annoyed that he didn't break a single belt after I went to the trouble of bringing five spares for each type.)

I should probably look into commercial belts, which have the advantage of being fiberglass reinforced and a bit more flexible. LD-F1's belts are all made to 9 mm wide HTD-5 (5mm pitch) specs.  He uses a 40 tooth (200 mm) primary stage belt, and a 58 tooth (290 mm) secondary stage belt on each side.

Finding belts with these exact tooth counts is tricky, but not impossible. McMaster-Carr doesn't even carry belts in the right spec with less than 75 teeth (375 mm).

It's easier to find them on a specialty shop. For example, I found both on VBeltOutlet right away. The 40Tx9mm belt is currently $1.10 and the 58T x 9mm is $1.20. The drawback is that shipping alone for 4 each of those costs almost $37 which is ... excessive.

On Amazon, I can find the 40T belts for $3 to $5 each.

I'll keep looking around, I think.