On Friday 11 January 2013 20:02:12 Ben Potter did opine: Message additions Copyright Friday 11 January 2013 by Gene Heskett
> > Unforch, it doesn't appear they want any business from my side of the > > pond, no links to individual products at all, and a very limited web > > page, looks like a line card from a distributer for me. > > > > And, while those are better prices, one would need one on each side of > > the nut, which puts that at about the same as the cost of the screw. > > I'll cobble up something before I make swarf with it though. > > Welcome to the UK. Industrial supplies that do have prices online tend > to be daylight robbery with violence. For example, looking at online > prices only; black mild steel costs ~5 times as much as bright machined > aluminium. A lot of companies won't respond to e-mail, or if they do, > it's to request a phone call. Other companies will ignore phone calls, > but reply to e-mails. *mutter* > > That said, my lathe (which has sealed ballscrew bearings) has telescopic > springs on half of the Z axis, with the X axis being enclosed. The other > half *should* have a spring cover, but since it was broken I left it > alone. This has not resulted in any problems yet. Turning has been > limited to fairly soft materials though, so no sparks from CBN inserts. > > The mill has a sheet of PU over the ways, which does a surprisingly > effective job, I appreciate this doesn't work on lathes - but I can't > see any mention of the type of machine you're using at the moment. > > Cheers > Ben 7x12 lathe with 8x2.5mm ball screw fairly well covered for the X crossfeed, motor on the rear. Z motor on the left, 2/1 gear between motor and OEM 16 tpi 3/4" screw ATM. This is the screw being discussed. HF micro-mill with expansion tables from LMS, home made Z drive, some early pix of it on my web page. Std (but longer) screws on x&y. Lotta miles on it. Plastic spur cut gears in gearbox have been totaled a couple times now. Anything I left out, just yell Ben. Thanks. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> No skis take rocks like rental skis! I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
