On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:19 PM, solarwind<x.solarwind.x@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Jinx<joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:
>> Printer carriages have very good guide rails and transports. So do
>> 5 1/4" floppy drives. And both good enough to mechanise with a
>> small motor I reckon, if you want push-button drilling
>
> Yeah, just took a trip to my hardware store. The door hinges have a
> lot of free play on them. No good for this. The drawer slides are
> loose as well. I'm just waiting for someone to throw out an inkjet or
> something.
> --

Might be kind of a stretch, but what about the mechanism in a scissor jack?
- Marcel
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