My guess is that you would have to play a bit with springs and tapers. The data for that nut shows they cut the load rating from 90 lb down to 25 doing what they did. That suggests they are doing some pretty major chopping on the part. Not a trivial thing to do. For a one off printer, I'm not sure you would save any money. Depending on how the rest of the printer is set up you might / might not gain some print height.
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The other issue on the arm nuts is twist. If the drive system tips, that can rotate the effector. That gives you an error. The shorter the nut (or nut assembly) the more likely a twist is. The same sort of things that help backlash also help twist, but not always to the same degree.
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The other issue on the arm nuts is twist. If the drive system tips, that can rotate the effector. That gives you an error. The shorter the nut (or nut assembly) the more likely a twist is. The same sort of things that help backlash also help twist, but not always to the same degree.
