McMaster sells the wheels with the carraige part number 9904K1 will get 
you to the page.

JT

On 5/9/2013 12:08 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
> I'm looking for rollers, wheels or bearings with a pointed edge to run in a 
> slot, but all I find are V groove wheels made to run along a pointed edge 
> rail.
>
> I'm building a XY gantry from 4040 extrusion and some delrin or urethane 
> wheels that can use the slots in the extrusion would be perfect for this 
> design.
>
> It will be low stress because the gantry will just be guiding a self 
> supported 2 joint arm in a 2D plane. Yup, that pattern follower torch I've 
> posted about before.
>
> Surprising to me that these things haven't been CNC retrofitted many times 
> already. Got a computer for free, $74 for three 9 foot pieces of surplus 4040 
> and a bunch of t-nuts, bolts and brackets. There are plates on the arm 
> support post where the pattern holder arms mount, those plates will be ideal 
> for mounting the gantry frame.
>
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