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    Quote Originally Posted by TrickyCNC View Post
    Very nice machine you have there Jonathan
    Thanks, but it's not that great really...quite a few things I'll be changing as the gantry is not strong enough for what I want to do next.

    Quote Originally Posted by TrickyCNC View Post
    did you get anywhere with the 'twisted bearing' screw drive setup ?
    Yes, I mounted it and it worked well with low backlash:
    http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/router...html#post16838

    It's clearly not as good as a real ball-screw, but as something to get started it's excellent due to the low backlash and very low friction.

    I cut the first piece with the new bed last night - just a pocket in the back of an aluminium motor mount and the finish was much better than with the [edit] MDF bed and I didn't need to do a finishing pass to get that.
    Last edited by Jonathan; 12-09-2012 at 03:11 PM.
    Old router build log here. New router build log here. Lathe build log here.
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