BALL SCREW COVER CUSTOMIZATION FOR GEN 2 ELITE!
With our new Gen 2 Elite Series , one of the biggest upgrades is the all-new Ball Screw Covers . Not only do they do a fantastic job keeping your rails and ball screws clean—dramatically reducing maintenance—they also give Onefinity something we’ve never had before due to our modular tubular design:
Surface area.
And surface area is fun —because we can finally put the Onefinity logo front and center and really make the machine stand out. But then we thought… why stop there?
Why not let you put anything you want on your machine?
After all, it’s your Onefinity.
With the Gen 2 Elite, we plan to offer factory-printed, fully customizable Ball Screw Covers . You provide the artwork (using our easy sizing template), and we print it right onto your cover.
Want to show off your social media brand? Love maple syrup and want the world to know? Have a favorite bit company you proudly support? Have a sponsor or want to sell ad space? Now you’ve got prime real estate to do it. Go for it.
Thanks to the easy, snap-in design, swapping covers takes seconds. Slide your custom cover in, pop another one out—it’s your machine, dress it how you like.
We’re aiming to launch this service in 2026 . Stay tuned—this is going to be fun.
Can I Put the New Elite Gen 2 Ball Screw Covers on My Gen 1 Onefinity Machine?
Before we can answer that question, it helps to understand how we were able to create such a clean, elegant ball-screw-cover system in the first place. The Gen 2 Elite Series wasn’t just a refresh—it required three major structural redesigns that make the new covers possible.
1. Completely Redesigned Gantry Blocks
Our engineers pulled off something genuinely clever here. On the Gen 2, the ball screw cover actually passes through the newly designed gantry block , keeping the cover tight to the screw and shielding it from dust and debris.
To make this work, we also recessed the ball nut into the gantry block itself , which solved two major issues at once:
- It eliminates the stick-out you see on Gen 1 machines
- It allows for greater X and Y travel while maintaining the exact same footprint
This redesign is one of the main reasons the Gen 2 enjoys a noticeably larger cutting area without requiring a larger shop space while still using the same QCW we’ve always had.
2. New “C-Shaped” Bearings (Think Pac-Man)
The bearings that ride the tubes are now C-shaped rather than fully circular.This allows them to nest closely around the ball screw covers and maintain the tight, rigid structure that defines the Gen 2 rail system. The older round-style bearings on Gen 1 machines simply aren’t shaped to make this work.
3. Re-Engineered Feet With Integrated Cover Clips
The feet received several small—but important—structural improvements.These upgrades allow us to mount end clips directly to the feet, keeping the ends of the ball screw covers secured and properly aligned.
Even though each of these updates might appear small on their own, together they represent a near-complete overhaul of the rail system. Other than the tubes, almost every surrounding part changed. Because all these elements interlock, Gen 2 ball screw covers cannot be installed on Gen 1 rails without replacing a large portion of the rail assembly.