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Originally Posted by EricH
What he means, as evidenced by his earlier posts, is actually closer to "margin for error". If you don't place your holes right--say, off by 1/4" in a given direction--belts may be close to impossible to get to work. If you can't handle the risk of being off by 1/4" routinely by adjustment in the belt tension or length, then maybe belt isn't the right choice. OTOH, if you can, then it's something to think about.
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Sorry for not being clear... Though I want to believe I'm a good English speaker it's still not my native language.
What I also meant is that it's harder to be accurate with belts (for me at least): it's harder to check alignment of timing wheels than that of sprockets, a small point that may and have resulted in hours of stress and puzzlement when things get stuck and sound like they're dying in a car crash. The simile may be more accurate to chains but hopefully the point still stands.