At 13:16 30/10/2002 +0000, you wrote:
I built an X-Y Table once where chain-drive was used to connect the MOTOR to
the X-screws, and the #35 chain gave out the first month! Connect the motor
directly to the end of the screw, using a proper shaft-coupler that permits
SOME a-axial or antiparallel human-frailty.
...or as many others have done, use toothed "timing belt" pulleys.
Regards,
Tony