Originally Posted by ViperTX It might be troublesome to have the home brew delrin bearing open on one side when the load is trying to pull the bearings off the rod (usually on the y and z axis). The x axis should be okay at the weight of the gantry will be forcing the bearings against the rod. |
That hadn't crossed my mind. For the Y and Z axises (axes?) I could modify how the bearings were rotated and change how the guide rods were supported as well. Let me throw something together in Photoshop real fast and see if I can explain it better.