John wrote:
| "mike hide" wrote in message
| ...
|| Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from
|| HD/Lowes and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .
||
| Think if I were to build one, I would consider using Thomson Linear
| Bearings, and ball screws, Smooth movement, and no backlash.

Not a bad plan. I was short on project cash and decided to design and
build my own. They work fairly well at normal cutting speeds - but not
at all well at high speed. Mike's will perform better than mine, but
not as well as Thomson's.

A friend who saw my machine gifted me with a threadless lead screw
that uses Thomson's precision-ground shaft material as the
"leadscrew". It seems backlash-free and it's as frictionless as I've
seen. It's made by an outfit in Minnesota. I'll try to remember to
take a photo to post here.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/