Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Screw drive

Even so, still significantly bigger than a ball nut.

Regards,
Tony

At 17:24 27/03/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>Actually it can be made much smaller by making outside screws of smaller
>diameter
>then drive screw.
>Alex
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> > At 10:56 27/03/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Folks!
> > >Yesterday I stumbled upon "Model Engineer's Workshop" magazine.
> > >Besides other interesting staff there was an article on making your own
> > >screw drive as a replacement for a ball screw.
> > >I'm amazed at how easy and inexpensive is to make this kind of drive -
> > >basically its an arrangment of three short screws, belonging to a nut,
> > >around the drive screw. One short screw can be tightened to adjust
> > >the backlash.
> > >It looks like anyone can make this kind of drive in a matter of hours.
> > >Cheap too.
> > >Alex
> >
> > Yes - that looked like a neat idea. However, the downside is that they
>take
> > up *a lot* more space than the equivalent ball screw.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tony
> >
> >
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Regards,
Tony