Belt drive conversion for X3?

[phantomcow2]

I've had my X3 now for 4 days, and overall am very happy. THis is a solid mill, the perfect balance for my living situation and needs.

One thing though, the geared head is a drag. 2000RPM max is pretty slow, and the gears are noisy. My thoughts are to gears with cast iron, balanced pulleys, and a 4L size V belt. Belt from pulley on motor to shaft. Ideally, I would get a max RPM of around 4000, for drilling smaller diameter holes. Has anybody here done this, what are your thoughts?

[pzzamakr1980]

Have you managed to do this yet? If so, send some pics or a link and how did it turn out?

[yantra3d]

You may want to check out Bird_E's x3 top-mounted motor mod here:

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...ghlight=bird_e

I plan on doing something very similar but am using a servo in place of the stock motor.