Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: long ball screws

machines@... wrote:dougrasmussen@c... wrote:

> > Bill,
> >
> > No, they're not flap screws. They're replacements or reworked
> screws
> > off some very large machine tool. Obviously high quality and
> > precision ground not rolled. The original cost had to be well into
> > the thousand$, but who needs a ball screw that large?

Actually I could us a piece of one to replace the acme on the knee of my mill and they are about the right length for putting on the y of the Sundstrand bed mill.


Dave