Column stripped, offering up the Ball Screw and Ball Nut Assembly and working out what's required to connect the Ball Nut Assembly to the vertical slide.

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I'm leaning towards a solid connection to the vertical slide rather than the "Peg and Socket" arrangement used in the standard column assembly.