I like that logic
@Robert_Silvers the screw drives in a makibox are actual screw drives, though — they’re not threaded rod being abused as such. They’re the kind, if perhaps not the quality, of stuff used in every commercial CNC machine. I really don’t think your predictions of doom are warranted.
I like predictions of doom
I really don’t think the Maki uses ballscrews, but if it does - awesome.