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  • Ball bearing drawer slides.

    0 0%

  • Unsupported round rails & closed linear bearings or bushings.

    5 14.71%

  • Supported round rails & open linear bearings or bushings.

    6 17.65%

  • Supported round rails & radial roller skate type bearings.

    7 20.59%

  • Hardened & ground liner rails with ball bearing carriages.

    14 41.18%

  • V-groove bearings with v-rail tracks.

    2 5.88%

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  1. 04-23-2006, 03:26 PM #1
    widgitmaster
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    Cool What methods did you use for sliding motion

    What methods did you use for sliding motion on your DIY CNC router?
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    It's not what you take away, it's what you are left with that counts!
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  2. 10-10-2007, 04:46 AM #2
    ROB C
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    INA guides and carriages
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  3. 07-04-2013, 04:51 AM #3
    whateg01
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    My plasma table uses square tube and 608ZZ bearings. The small mill I'm building is using supported round rails, but I'm chucking the extrusions in the junk bin and machining a solid base for them.

    Dave
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  4. 07-04-2013, 01:04 PM #4
    grg12
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    DIY supported round rail 12mm dia. and gunmetal buschings - machine is Micro-mill with 160mmx80mmx110mm work area.
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