Re: Modifying an X-Y table - ACME - for fun and learning

Tell me, from your

> experience, if this is a reasonable approach. Casting a nut from

JBWeld

> epoxy, within the acme threaded nut. If I don't clean the oil off
> first, it may even become a removable component that I could keep

in

> place with a set screw! Fully reversible...always the best way to

do

> any modifications.

This falls into the 'don't count on it' category.

Threads and most metals have pits and gouges, espically cut threads.

Chances are that the epoxy will fill those little gaps and lock the
part solid. Very solid. Even release agents do not always allow
the epoxy to be released from the gaps and pits and scratches. That
means when you use the threaded rod as part of the threadform it may
lock in place.

I'm not sure if rotating the thread after some minutes/hours will
work.

Dave