Steve

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I am finished the basic build now, i have modified it slightly by using 2 more y-smooth rod holders at the back and cutting out the holders that are part...

pretty close i would have the bearings on the outside, excuse my handwriting maybe this might help you visualize it. this would be a side view from the left side,...

thank your for working on it, i am good with the idea but bad with open scad, lol. but i am learning fast. On my machine i have offset the...

one other thing i have modified is i took the end stop assembly out of the standard parts file and made it standalone, added the parameters for it to the...

i noticed you created a v2.1 branch in your repo. Is that for the new version release. I am wondering how i keep my repo up to date with your...

@joco-nz I am using 330mm M8 rods, i don't see any sag that would cause an issue but if it becomes on i will switch to a bigger smooth rod....

is the captive nut for the z axis that is held in the space on the x carriage supposed to be glued in, from what i can see if it...

solid frame idea ![2014-12-12 00 12 47](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7632604/5407460/fa3ae214-8194-11e4-9e31-5c87578aebe3.jpg) ![2014-12-12 00 13 08](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7632604/5407461/07336a68-8195-11e4-93c3-b20a16d57072.jpg) ![2014-12-12 00 13 26](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7632604/5407462/090b7ce0-8195-11e4-85ef-30e3d96e4994.jpg)

@joco-nz I don't think i have ever seen a cnc where the z-axis does that, seems like it would be a better idea instead of having the nut drop in...

@joco-nz I don't think a spring would do it as the rod needs to thread down in the design so you would need to captive both nuts that way. A...