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the 80/20 worked great. If I took a little more time and came up with some better bearing materials it would probably work just fine. currently the plan may be to stick with it if the linear bearing works on my mast. Otherwise it will become really smooth router sled.
My dilemma with making one exclusively for the mill bed is the problem with my mill being portable and not setup in a building or under cover. May not even be near electric. Usually wood working is a rainy day or winter project.But if you made one for the mill and had a set of rails you could just bolt to the table its a win win.
They do make sticky back UHMW that comes in rolls as if it were a a teflon tape. One could build friction slides and then plastic them up for low drag. A simple Z axis height control could be to make a few bushing plates of different thickness so that your router sits on an adjustable height standoff. For more plunge you just pull one out and wack another pass. I like cam followers, but much care would be needed to brush the tracks ahead of each roller so the sled doesnt bump up over a chip and transfer the Z axis flaw into the cutter point. Maybe mounted paintbrush heads or constant air via some perforated pex tubing along the sled frame.
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