Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ball Screw Disassembly

Matt Shaver wrote:

>
> Tim Goldstein wrote:
>
> > Of course there is another option. Just let the balls fall out into a dish
> > and learn to reload the nut on assembly.
>
> Some ball screws use two different size balls (different by only a ten
> thousandth of an inch or so), and are loaded big ball, small ball. big
> ball, small ball, etc. This is to help assure that the balls roll rather
> than slide.
>
> Matt
>
> There's a long way between "it works", and "it's right".

I have visions of half this list downstairs in the machine shop tonight,
taking their ball nuts apart and micing all the balls and turning the
air very, very blue.

Have fun guys

Annie (the gal with the belt drive CNC)