I have a lot of backlash in the screw on my mill, and it gets quite hard to move towards the end of the travel.
I've had the gib out and cleaned it up a lot and it is now fairly smooth.
I'm considering fitting a ball screw for the X axis, hoping that this might help improve the performance.
A couple of questions.
Firstly, am I correct in assuming that a ball screw is a better option?
Looking on EBay ball screws seem to be readily available, but the screw in my lathe is 900mm long but only 550mm of that is threaded. The EBay screws don't seem to have any additional material on the ends for fitting handwheels etc, and I do a lot of my stuff manually.
I'm assuming that the screw diameter should be the same as that currently in my machine? So is 16mm or 5/8" appropriate?
Anyone done this and can help point the way for me?
Cheers
AB
I've had the gib out and cleaned it up a lot and it is now fairly smooth.
I'm considering fitting a ball screw for the X axis, hoping that this might help improve the performance.
A couple of questions.
Firstly, am I correct in assuming that a ball screw is a better option?
Looking on EBay ball screws seem to be readily available, but the screw in my lathe is 900mm long but only 550mm of that is threaded. The EBay screws don't seem to have any additional material on the ends for fitting handwheels etc, and I do a lot of my stuff manually.
I'm assuming that the screw diameter should be the same as that currently in my machine? So is 16mm or 5/8" appropriate?
Anyone done this and can help point the way for me?
Cheers
AB