we wrapped the ball screw and nut with plastic - dad went outside and ground it with an angle grinder. Then finished it up on the belt sander. He took a couple breaks mainly so it didn't get too hot. (it barely got hot to the touch.)
We had thought about milling out the slot - but didn't want to risk having it change the shape of the saddle. sam On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:03 AM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 at 12:23, Sam Sokolik <samco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dad ground the ball screw nut. > > Inventive :-) > > I have used the RSH style a couple of times now. > > http://www.gtenballscrew.com.tw/Page/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductCategoryNo=123&ProductNo=15 > Odd that the 16mm is smaller than the 12mm, but that might be > explained by the 16mm having an external ball-return tube that isn't > shown in the diagram. > > There is a pic of it here: > https://bodgesoc.blogspot.com/2016/08/holbrook08.html > > > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
