Gold Series Leadscrew guides for use with VenterMechs on Rat Rig V-Core 3

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Leadscrew guides for use with VenterMechs on a Rat Rig V-Core 3 printer. These are for use with VenterMechs to stop overly excessive movement of the top of the lead screws. For more info on VenterMechs please see http://www.bit.ly/VenterMech These are two part design consisting of the holder and a replaceable Wiggle-Woggle. There are two options for the Wiggle-Woggles. <b>Spiral Wiggle-Woggles - print from PETG.</b> The Wiggle woggle inserts from the bottom of the arms. Too fit tightly wind the spiral and fit in place. On the bottom of the holders you will note a tiny gap in the retaining ring this allows you to use a tiny screw driver to ensure the end of the spiral notches behind it's abutment. These should be printed with a 0.4 mm nozzle and 0.2 mm layer height. <b>TPU Wiggle-Woggles - print from Ninjaflex 85A Shore hardness TPU.</b> I prefer these ones. I would not recommend printing them out of a stiffer TPU. If you can't lay your hands on some soft 85A TPU then print the spiral ones above from PETG. These should be printed with a 0.4 mm nozzle and 0.2 mm layer height. Install the front guides with the flats side facing down. For faster printing the holders can be printed with a 0.6 mm nozzle and 0.3 mm layer height Attribution for this revision of my early design goes to elco from Rat Rig unofficial discord for his suggestion to replace the bearing with spiral Wiggle-Woggles. Great idea. Update 11/03/22 The latest version (V3) of the rear guide provides more clearance between the top of the rear bed arm and the bottom of the guide. Update 19/03/22 I have added a central rear leadscrew guide option, for hose who have centralised the rear stepper motor and leadscrew. Update 22/3/22 Fixed a sizing error in the central leadscrew that I added a couple of days ago.