On Thursday 23 January 2014 14:30:41 andy pugh did opine: > On 23 January 2014 15:24, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Agreed and amen. Unforch, the size of ball screws it takes to do that > > to my HF micromill, are made out of pure unobtainium. The smallest I > > can buy on fleabay is 12mm > > http://www.zappautomation.co.uk/en/miniature-ballscrews-6-12mm-diameter/ > 38-r0801-ballscrew.html > > Or maybe look at the vendors on Aliexpress? > http://www.aliexpress.com/store/group/ball-screw/609097_211302591.html > as an example. > > I used an 8mm on my lathe/mill and despite my concerns it has been > entirely adequate. > http://www.cnczone.com/forums/mini_lathe/63621-mini_lathe_cross_slide_ba > llscrew_solutions-2.html#post509784
Figuratively speaking Andy, you had a lot more real estate to play with than I did in my 7x12. But my real question is where the heck did you buy those screws? 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) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> NOTICE: Will pay 100 USD for an HP-4815A defective but complete probe assembly. My mind can never know my body, although it has become quite friendly with my legs. -- Woody Allen, on Epistemology A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
