Max are you kidding me?? This whole time I've been getting your help on something you have already done yourself?? Yes this is exactly what I'm doing, what kind of controls did you use? I like this set up allot, please sugguest some links for the components you used . In the meantime here is mine lolThis is a small servo motor I put on a small Lathe I CNC'd for the Z axis, I replaced the Acme screw with a ball screw.
You could use a small motor and a gearbox, there are quite a few on ebay, cheap.
The motor can just be seen I tucked it back under the Bed end.
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Max.