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Chris,

I've looked at my 3 in 1 and the Zaxis quill has about 0.030" backlash.

I was wondering if you had a similar problem, and how you dealt with it?

Mike D

potential problems?

I believe I have. My intent is to use 0.20" pitch ball screws, with 10:1 pulley reduction between cranks and screws. This would reduce a single turn movement on the crank to...

Due to a lack of available $ (funds) I am now looking at a staged approach to converting my 3 in 1 to cnc.

I'm now considering converting to ball screws first , then to cnc.

Has any one done a...

Chris,

Nice job on your cnc conversion and on the web sight detailing it.
I have a Busy Bee 3in1 clone (Canada).
I want to to do a similar conversion.
I hope you don't mind if I PM you in the...

TPMX,

I am currently looking at a Busy Bee 2229, wich I believe it's very similar to the Smith 1324.(shorter)
The B229 is shown here:...