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(Defunct) Piper 2 Bearing-less X Gantry (PTFE Sliders) - 8mm and 12mm rods versions
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Edit: This did not work so well because these are not printing with perfect tolerances for everyone, so I took another approach:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3065538
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This is a bearing-less version of the Piper 2's X gantry, using common 4mm OD PTFE (Teflon) tubes as sliders.
The problem with steel linear rods is that they are very heavy and the problem with using any other kind of rod is that the linear bearings will chew soft metals/composites like gum. The co
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3065538
Old text:
This is a bearing-less version of the Piper 2's X gantry, using common 4mm OD PTFE (Teflon) tubes as sliders.
The problem with steel linear rods is that they are very heavy and the problem with using any other kind of rod is that the linear bearings will chew soft metals/composites like gum. The co
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