Sled with ball bearings

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I’m thinking of fitting ball bearings to the sled of my Maslow for less friction.
What do you guys think?

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I’d love to see you experiment with that but you need many of them to support or they will fall into crevices and probably jam the sled. also dust may clogs

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I have used those types of bearing for other projects, they aren’t as smooth at you think and they don’t do well with debris. Us teflon or uhmw sheets or tape.

I use the uhmw tape on my maslow classic and it works great.

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Alright thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated :+1:. Ill try the tape first. If eventually i proceed with the bearings ill give an update with my findings.

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The surface of the sled is what keeps the bit perpendicular to the surface of the workpiece. Adding bearings to the sled like this would very likely cause issues when they go over places that have already been cut, because the sled would stop being in plane.

Something like that, or using casters around the edge of the sled, would be helpful for something like plotting with a marker, etc, though.