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Chapter 9 / Motor and Lead Screw Installation

Also install a bearing block on the outside of the up righ t opposite
the motor end (see Figure 9. 19).

Figure 9.19
End of travel bearing
block.

I used self- tapping screw s to hold the bearing blocks in place. You
w ill need to move the acme screw at eit her end to find a po sition
that allows the screw to turn easily. I started this qu est by check-
ing the dista nce from the top rail to th e top of the screw at the nut
(see Figure 9 .20) and mad e the ends of the screw at the in side of
the uprigh ts the same. but it still took a w hile to get it properly
aligned.

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