Re: Ends on Ball Screws

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:

>
> >--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude"
> ><davemucha@j...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>I'm contemplating the best way to install a ball screw.
> >>
> >>It appears that I could make an end for the ball screw by boring

a

> >>hole and pressing a sleave over the end of the screw. Possibly
> >>welding them together.
> >>
> >>
> I cut mine down in the lathe, with carbide tooling. It ate one tip

per

> screw
> end, which was not too bad. Once in past the hardening, it cut

well

> with the
> carbide. Then, I finished it up with a toolpost grinder and it

looked

> totally
> professional! I had little difficulty threading the turned-down

end of the

> screw, either.
>
> Jon

I have a couple 5/8 screws that are about 36 inches and have the
ability to use a 46 inch table. If I can postion the extentions
just right, I should be able to get about 33 inches of travel.

Since the nuts and screws are not labeled, I'm not sure if I can get
a new longer rod.

Funny how so much of this hobby seems like a lesson in compromises.

Dave