Re: dans' mill/drill quill retrofit

Just curious...how did you use your lathe to check the pitch?

thanks,

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@s...> wrote:
> I'll send you a copy of the mill drill procedure separately to keep
the
> bandwidth of the message down.
> I was lucky I found some ballscrews that were the low end $.98 an
inch
> variety. I replaced the balls with a slight oversize ball and found
the
> backlash to be near .001 . I checked the pitch on my lathe and
found that at
> 12" the pitch was on the money.
> Dan