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HEY!

So I'm working on a little project that involves modifying a printer to drill instead of shoot ink. So I have the printer head and I have a 12v drill motor to attach to it, but I need some mechanism to make it move up and down on the printer head.

So my main idea is to have a servo orientated such that it faces downwards (with the spinny bit making a horizontal circle), and have that turn a spindle (or something with a thread) to screw the drill up or down. But I'm not sure how I could build such a mechanism with some strength. (I'm not good at this part of building things)

Anyone got any better ideas/a good way to implement my idea?

Cheerio!

Codeeater!

I'm not very familiar with this sort of stuff, but maybe something here will help you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_actuator

[EDIT]
Apparently drill presses use something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_and_pinion

Ah, "a linear actuator"! I didn't know what it was called I'm going to try to use something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujzz018hpNI

It should be cheap and easy

Thanks alot for that!