Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: please help........

At 10:13 AM 10/10/02 +0100, you wrote:

>leading to binding. On of the best ways to control end float is to fit a
>collar to the screw at one end and install a pair of angular contact
>bearings each side of this in a tube (making sure that the protrusion of the
>inner race is against the collar on both sides).

Most ball bearings are rated for approx the same load axially as radially.
So it is clearly not necessary to use thrust bearings; you can almost
always use a pair of slightly preloaded ordinary ball bearings and get both
axial and radial location at the same time.

Regards, Hoyt McKagen

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