Vee Wheel Mod ?

[iGull]

Hi All

While aligning my big laser X gantry, I've popped the vee wheel rims from the bearings a couple of times. It's not a huge deal to re-glue them, but it would be better to have an easy mechanical arrangement instead. Not having the new makerslide bearings available for swap-out, I wonder if this might be a semi-permanent option - sandwich the acetal rim between another bearing and the original ...

Vee Wheel Mod

It should work OK as I have plenty of space available - just need 9 extra bearings, washers (as a spacer for the 1mm lip) and 6mm longer screws to suit.

Anyone see any problems with this arrangement ?

Edit: 13 Dec 2011 There's a pic of the mod here ...

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=751&start=50#p7291

Cheers

Neil