Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: re:Re: Lead screws for ever...(plastic)

> > Something not often mentioned in the choice of ballscrews vs. ??? is
> > that ballscrews are EXTREMELY intolerant of dust/dirt/swarf/etc.!
>
> I've already got the bellows sorted out... at the end of the day this
> machine is going to cut balsa and plastic for models, probably not a big
> deal.. I also intend to have a "chip vac" or at least a buggered old vacuum
> cleaner...

Uh, actually, wood is viciously abrasive. Plastic only slightly less so.
Either is far worse as swarf than metal.

If you're cutting these materials the chip vac is a great idea. These
nonconductive materials (esp. the plastics) cling by static electricity
to everything around them 8cP
They're a real mess.

Annie