Belt drive on a router

[John S]

I.e. long open belts on either side of the gantry to push it along...

I was thinking more about pulling it, tried pushing a bit of string years ago and not a good experiment

[boldford]

I was thinking more about pulling it, tried pushing a bit of string years ago and not a good experiment

Bit like putting a sausage up an entry.
Have you looked at http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/linear...elt-drive.html