cheers for the reply gary, i was looking at your Gten FSDD ballnuts but the links to the datasheets were only bringing me to the zapp home page


i recon its just a tough choice of whether to butcher components to fit cheaper ballscrews or to just splash out on the more expensive miniatures

any who...

i thought i would post some solidworks screen prints to better describe my predicament (i know you guys love a little bit of imagery )


the first two is the standard table and the third shows how much material would need to be removed just to fit a chopped up 1204 nut in
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here we have a 1204 nut before and after 'modification'

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just to show you the clearances involved
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100 points to the first person who finds 3 issues with the screenprints!