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    Quote Originally Posted by Steel View Post
    Top end, i think ill put a radial bearing in the middle to keep the shaft centered plus some sort of aluminum cap on both thrust bearings so i can bolt everything to the plate.
    Seems like it'd be easier just to use two angular contact bearings in the traditional setup? Don't need to be expensive ones.

    But yeah, that'd do the job well enough. Much better plan than hanging it all off the stepper shaft.
    Last edited by Zeeflyboy; 06-03-2017 at 09:21 PM.
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