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  1. NDVermin

    Recommendations needed for inexpensive linear motion

    damn - you guys are great - every time I get a chance to come back here and check you've provided more options and good ideas - thank you!
  2. NDVermin

    Recommendations needed for inexpensive linear motion

    Jboggs - well, that's why I was originally asking about other ideas (like pneumatics). If the solution was easy I might have figured it out by now...
  3. NDVermin

    Recommendations needed for inexpensive linear motion

    hi 1Gibson and Tyger - Ideally the blocks would all move at once instead of having say a CNC type system move under each one at a time and position them.
  4. NDVermin

    Recommendations needed for inexpensive linear motion

    Handleman - That's pretty close on the rough dimensions - if I could build it for $500 I'd actually be pretty happy but there will be a lot beyond the actuators to add to the cost. On the one hand it feels like it should be very straightforward, but when you try to fit 400 in such a small space...
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    Recommendations needed for inexpensive linear motion

    Itssmoked - Sorry there wasn't enough details. In regards to up and down, I would actually need it to be be able to stop at different intervals, maybe every half inch or every inch from 0" to 5" max. I'm not sure if pneumatic could do that or if it could only do "up or down?" If it could...
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    Recommendations needed for inexpensive linear motion

    Thank you IRSTUFF! I have not seen these before but they look very promising.....I'm going to check them out
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    Recommendations needed for inexpensive linear motion

    Hi Folks, I'm pretty rusty when it comes to engineering and design having not worked directly in the area for awhile. I'm hoping someone may have some good suggestions for me. I'm trying to design a 20 x 20 matrix of columns which can be individually raised and lowered (only about 5" max) in...
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