Originally Posted by jsheerin  I'm working on designing way covers for my router to avoid this. I plan on folding up some fiber reinforced plastic of some type to make bellows. I just can't see paying all that money for screws, nuts and bearings and then leaving them open. However, it is a serious pain in the neck. I've worked out designs for my x and z axes, but the y is still eluding me. There aren't a lot of examples of people doing this that I can find, so I've kind of been on my own. |
Maybe a piece of plastic split loom conduit, wrapped around the leadscrew? A piece on either side of the transmission nut?