Steel framed fixed gantry draw slide build super cheap

[A_Camera]

Ok so maybe ill try this setup ? this is not the finished setup but you can get the idea.

Excellent! Even if not perfect, it will greatly reduce the strain on the steppers and your accuracy will be miles better than the originally planned solution would give you and is pretty similar to what I did in my first build.

I used these 12mm pillow block bearings on X and Y:



I had one on each end of the screw and they definitely worked well for me to make pretty small things very accurately until I decided to upgrade.