# 4 chains version replacing the bricks?

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**Created:** [March 11, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/4-chains-version-replacing-the-bricks/2672 "2018-03-11T16:51:47Z")\
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> [@Sharpsburg\_Woodworke](#):
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> Using a pulley system with a counter weight could allow you to use the same motor and chain to move in the horizontal axis. Bricks and the second motor would control the vertical axis.

@Sharpsburg_Woodworke Could you elaborate please ? Do you mean keeping the Maslow actuators but changing the commande control for one motor per axis and changing the frame to a X-Y table, or do you mean your proposition [here](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-milling-possible/2654/5) ?

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