As a test, I knocked up a pencil holder out of some delrin and some drill rod, with a spring for applying pressure and for accounting from deviations in the surface. It worked great, but the chinese ball-screws really aren't great (noise, vibrations etc.)

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I actually sourced angular contact bearings for the BK12(?) blocks, so I might now have to sell those too.