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Neil Wyatt	30/07/2015 17:25:19
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	These are unlikely to be found in 'our' workshops, but i thought folks might find them interesting. www.xreb.com/download/info/Wire-race_bearings.pdf Neil
Clive Hartland	30/07/2015 17:49:29
2929 forum posts 41 photos	Wire bearings are found on Microscope translation stages and X and Y centring tables ( Small) Clive
john carruthers	30/07/2015 18:31:54
617 forum posts 180 photos	Handy to know, a mate wants an image rotator making for his robotic observatory, could be just the thing (depending on price).
Neil Wyatt	30/07/2015 20:56:14
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	Posted by john carruthers on 30/07/2015 18:31:54: Handy to know, a mate wants an image rotator making for his robotic observatory, could be just the thing (depending on price). Well that supplier says they design the bearing for each application individually so I suspect they are outside his range! Neil
john carruthers	31/07/2015 08:04:52
617 forum posts 180 photos	Ah well, back to the lazy Susan bearing
Brian Wood	31/07/2015 09:53:12
2742 forum posts 39 photos	The concept isn't new, but definitely clever. I have an elderly Graul tool and cutter grinder, thought to be Swiss made, on which the toolslide is guided by a long row of captive balls in a linear brass spacer running between hard wires in pairs on either side. It is very free running, easy to adjust for taking up any wear and equally easy to clean if it gets contaminated in any way. I found it in a British Rail sale at their workshops in Darlington over 20 years ago and it was very definitely old then. The movements for the other axes are rather more conventional. Brian
Nigel McBurney 1	31/07/2015 11:43:02
1101 forum posts 3 photos	early hard drives with linear actuators had this type bearing

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