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I do not need the ends of the wire to move independently of each other - only in tandem and only a few inches in the vertical axis. Since my material is so lightweight, with a light weight carry board to move it with there would be no need to also move the ends of the wire in two directions (up/down & back/forth).

In other words, there is no need to add the weight of the mechanisms to move the wire ends to the carriage board for the foam.

Visualize a large table the machine is mounted on with the wire ends and mechanisms attached on either side of the table. Each end of the wire is driven in the vertical axis in tandem a few inches.* The lightweight board the lightweight foam sits on is beneath the wire and has dual motors to move it linearly beneath the wire in the second axis. This is all I need.

I hope this is clear.

* In theory, perhaps only one motor would be needed for each axis - one to move the board/foam and one to move the wire attached and tensioned on a rigid frame? But I have no problem if dual motors are needed for each (four in total).

As to suppliers, I'll be glad to buy from one that responds to my requests for help/advice(!). To quote Bill Paxton's character in Aliens, "So far, Zippo!"