Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Rong Fu 31 CNC Conversion Kit / Instructions / Help? :D

That sure doesn't sound like much... would you have
part #'s handy? Did you get the rolled standard
(.004"/ft) or the precision rolled (.001"/ft) and how
accurate do you think it was? I'm thinking like you
just said.... once you use it, you won't go back.
D. Lucke

--- cncgramps <cncgramps@...> wrote:

>
> I just looked it up and I paid $48.00 for a 48"
> ballscrew and it
> was $23.00 for each ballnut. They were a bit higher
> than Saginaw
> Thomson and they matched their price.
> I bought from Nook because they had a left hand
> ball screw. I
> thought at the time I wanted to be able to use the
> mill as a manual
> mill and your Y axis on a manual mill needs to be
> left hand if you
> want it to work like any hand cranked milling
> machine made.
> I found out after a few minutes of running it as a
> CNC I had no
> desire to use it with hand wheels.
> So I would say buy all right hand ballscrews and
> nuts. Then you
> would need the 6 foot section I think. That was not
> that much more.
>
> Gary
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Owen"
> <owenis@t...> wrote:
> >
> > WOW Gary that's a great price.
> >
> > Did you buy the ground screw or the rolled? how
> much were the ball
> nuts? I
> > paid more than that just for one selective fit
> ball nut, like 400
> bucks for
> > the ground ball screw and nut.
> > Where did you buy them from?
> > Owen
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "cncgramps" <cncgramps@y...>
> >
> > > I think I paid about $60.00 from Nook for enough
> 5/8 ballscrew to
> > > do all 3 axis.
> > >
> > > Gary
> >
>
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