>>     I have the first one built from printer parts and it works but I am
>> going for the second one with real guides. The linear guides are cheap
>> enough and will give better results. The one I have built is too big,=
 too
>> ugly and too slow :-(
>Sorry to horg in on the conversation, but how cheap can you get linear
>guides  --Production cheap?  Hobby cheap?  Tightwad cheap?  I've toyed=
 with
>this idea as well, but obviously not gotten very far with it (other than
>cluttering up the basement with misc. tractor type drives gleaned off of
>other equipment.)

        What about Deskjet encoders? It has a plastic tape inside of it that is a=
 incremental linear position control. Anyone tried to hack that?


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http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/pinball/

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