Re: ballscrew covers

Hi,

I did the same conversion. I made wipers for the ballscrews but never
put covers over them. They are pretty protected from chips as it is.
Plus I brush way oil on them now and then and if I covered them it
would be hard to do. I mostly machine aluminum on the machine.
I think if you just put wipers on the ballscrews you will be protected
pretty good.

Gary

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<whollid1@...> wrote:

>
> I just finished building and buying all the parts for conversion of

my

> rf-30 (wholesale tool version) to cnc. I used Jeff Davis plans
> http://www.homecnc.info/cnc-main.html
> but I am concerned about covering the ballscrews to eliminate chips
> getting in. Does anyone know of a source for relatively inexpensive
> accordian style ballscrew covers? they are 5/8-10 ballscrews with
> thompson srews/nuts
>
> Bill H
>