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Brass ACME nut repair
Now that I have my lathe "working", I started looking at its condition
a little more closely. On my lathe, the cross slide is moved by a 3/4-5 ACME screw, that moves a brass nut attached to the cross slide. There is a lot of wear in this, as in, maybe 1/16 to 1/8" of slop. I was thinking about fixing this. Three things come to mind. 1) Buy a McMaster ACME brass nut 95270A123 and attach it to a custom made part to fit under the cross slide. 2) Do something clever like wax the screw and inject epoxy into the nut to take up the slop. 3) Make a replacement part on the mill and lathe. Has anyone dealt with this issue. Clausing wants $750 (not a typo) to custom make this part for me. -- Due to extreme spam originating from Google Groups, and their inattention to spammers, I and many others block all articles originating from Google Groups. If you want your postings to be seen by more readers you will need to find a different means of posting on Usenet. http://improve-usenet.org/ |
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