Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Printer with Ballscrews

Augustus Crunch wrote:

> I was in a junk shop the other day and saw a small ink-jet printer which
> had a rather thick, convoluted threaded rod to move the print head.
> Did someone at one point make printers with a mini-ball screw?
> I think it was a Canon...

Lots of printers used things like this. But, it isn't a ball screw, it is
a multi-start thread and a plastic nut. Fine for a printer, and may be
usable for some sort of machine, as long as the part being moved isn't
too heavy.

Jon