Thread: finishing ends on a lead screw
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Bob Engelhardt
 
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Default finishing ends on a lead screw
wrote:

... use an 3/8" x 10 tpi Acme precision lead
screw to advance the sliding portion of the table. ...

Do you really need a lead screw to advance the table? Can't it be
advanced by hand (pushing)? The 10 tpi lead screw is going to take a
*lot* of turning (180 turns for an 18" edge). Bob
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