Tubular Drive

This is a tubular drive mechanism. It is designed to use 1/2 inch aluminum conduit. This is a work in process, and I am already working on a newer version that will use dual rails. I think that this type of mechanism will work well as an linear axis drive mechanism when combined a stepper motor, and magnetic linear encoder would provide high accuracy large scale positioning.

Tubular Drive Test Fixed Drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0G8B77UOJs

Tubular Drive Test Fixed Conduit
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