Re: rack&pinion - other options?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., cadcamcenter@y... wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Excuse me for going in a different direction as everyone here seem

to

> be fixed on ball-screw or its poorer cousin the lead-screw, and

would

> thumb their nose at rack-and-pinion, but.....
>

I was wondering about this also for a large router... If rack and
pinion is not a good alternative what about cable and capstan,
bicycle chain or a (real) long toothed belt?

Roger