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I contacted Leblond about getting a new crossfeed nut and screw and it was around $2400. That's more than I'm willing to pay and I can use my second lathe to make a new screw and my mill to make the nut. I can still make accurate parts but I want to get rid of the excessive backlash.
Does anyone have a picture of the cross feed screw? I do have a taper attachment. Before I disassemble everything, I would like to have the metal on hand so my lathe will only be down for a couple of days. I can measure the thread size and pitch but I need to know what the largest diameter is to order the appropriate diameter and length.
I also had an idea of cutting out the old threads and buying the correct thread size and pitch or just machining that section. I could then drill and tap sections of the old screw and cut threads on the new section. This should make sure when I screw it all together that it's centered and straight. I would weld it together and it'll never come apart. My thought process doing this is not having to machine the entire shaft and worrying about copying the old shaft perfectly. Is this a viable option?
Does anyone have a picture of the cross feed screw? I do have a taper attachment. Before I disassemble everything, I would like to have the metal on hand so my lathe will only be down for a couple of days. I can measure the thread size and pitch but I need to know what the largest diameter is to order the appropriate diameter and length.
I also had an idea of cutting out the old threads and buying the correct thread size and pitch or just machining that section. I could then drill and tap sections of the old screw and cut threads on the new section. This should make sure when I screw it all together that it's centered and straight. I would weld it together and it'll never come apart. My thought process doing this is not having to machine the entire shaft and worrying about copying the old shaft perfectly. Is this a viable option?