Marchant Dice router no thrust bearings?

[cropwell]

I had the problem of the floating acme screw and I put in a small thrust bearing from ARC Euro held against the motor mount extrusion by a collar with a grub screw to remove the end float on the screw. I did similar on the X axis, but the Z axis was a slightly different bodge as I needed to prevent it pushing upwards, so I put in a couple of thrust bearings to space it out (1 bearing and washers would have done !) and used the coupler to act as the retaining collar.


The machine is now (just) adequate for hobby use.

But I have to give a big thank you to Marchant Dice for opening my eyes to CNC. I now have the great desire to make a decent machine.
This quote from MD amused me 'in tests we achieve an accuracy of less than 0.010mm/300mm of the whole machine' I would have expected better than rather than less than, but Hey Ho maybe ?
Cheers,

Rob

BTW Nick, I have not seen any of their recent excrences - I believe their machines should be labelled 'For amusement only', they certainly make me smile
AND I like your use of the word 'contraption' - very apposite.

[magicniner]

I believe their machines should be labelled 'For amusement only'

And perhaps "A Learning and Growing Experience"? :D

[John S]

I believe their machines should be labelled 'For amusement only', they certainly make me smile
AND I like your use of the word 'contraption' - very apposite.

Now that was funny