Re: Taig mill (ballscrews)

At 02:01 13/11/00 +0000, you wrote:

>Golly it would be awfully tight. And a real piece of work.
>
>I don't want to be one of those guys that say's it can't be done.
>
>Thinking a little about it, I think it almost require a rebuild of the micro
>mill.
>
>Better to build a mill with ball screws using the taig micro mill to make
>the parts, than to rebuild the micro mill. IMO

Yes - there isn't a lot of room to fit ballscrews on a Taig - I did a bit
of investigating & concluded that it would be difficult. The Z might be
possible, but the X & Y are tight for space.

I visited the Taig factory a couple of months ago - Forrest showed me some
prototype anti-backlash nuts that they are experimenting with - may prove
to be a more workable solution. No suggestion of when they will start
fitting them though!

Regards,
Tony