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Alternatives to ballscrews

Posted by stan
on 2008-04-06 10:52:38 UTC
Ok, will try and be serious now.
Would this work?:
Get a tube of dirt cheap rollerblade bearing.
Machine a tube to be a press fit on the bearings and with straight groves on
the outside at, say, 1.5mm pitch.
Part off to fit the bearing width and press onto the bearing.
Make 4 of them.
Make a holder to mount 2 pairs of bearings opposite each other and at the same
angle as the pitch on a M10 threaded bar and the same spacing for an M10
threaded bar to roll between the bearings.
Umm..run an M10 threaded bar between the bearings.
Any reason it wouldn't work? There wouldn't be any side loads by opposing the
rollers, the bar wouldn't be able to go anywhere as its surrounded and the
pairs could be shimmed appart to get rid of any backlash in the el-cheapo
bearings. The load rating might not be great with just 4 but the bearings are
around 60c each so if it needs 20 it still leaves a lot of change from the
price of a ballscrew.
cheers

BTW, LOL Pete :)

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Peter Reilley 2008-04-06 07:02:46 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rant stan 2008-04-06 07:51:17 UTC Ref: rant Peter Reilley 2008-04-06 08:03:07 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: rant Tony Jeffree 2008-04-06 09:23:56 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: rant stan 2008-04-06 09:36:38 UTC Ref: rant Jon Elson 2008-04-06 09:47:27 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rant stan 2008-04-06 10:27:13 UTC Ref: rant Peter Reilley 2008-04-06 10:46:01 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: rant R.L. Wurdack 2008-04-06 10:51:29 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rant stan 2008-04-06 10:52:38 UTC Alternatives to ballscrews stan 2008-04-06 11:02:02 UTC Ref: rant turbulatordude 2008-04-06 11:09:26 UTC Re: rant R.L. Wurdack 2008-04-06 11:33:07 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: rant stan 2008-04-06 11:34:51 UTC Ref: rant stan 2008-04-06 12:05:36 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: rant Jim Peck Stamping 2008-04-06 12:32:54 UTC rant Jim Peck Stamping 2008-04-06 13:00:51 UTC rant R.L. Wurdack 2008-04-06 13:34:40 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rant Peter Reilley 2008-04-06 15:13:21 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: rant Steve Blackmore 2008-04-06 16:59:36 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rant stan 2008-04-06 17:08:12 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rant Matthew Tinker 2008-04-06 17:16:38 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rant Jon Elson 2008-04-06 17:35:54 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: rant stan 2008-04-06 17:44:04 UTC Ref: rant wanliker@a... 2008-04-06 17:53:03 UTC Ref: rant Jim Register 2008-04-06 17:57:55 UTC Laser Metrology (was Re: rant) stan 2008-04-06 18:31:33 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Laser Metrology (was Re: rant) stan 2008-04-06 18:55:02 UTC Ref: Laser Metrology Brian Foley 2008-04-06 20:52:42 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: rant Jim Peck Stamping 2008-04-07 04:00:27 UTC rant caudlet 2008-04-07 06:47:18 UTC Re: Ref: rant [Off Topic] Matthew Tinker 2008-04-07 06:49:42 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: rant Tony Smith 2008-04-07 07:45:14 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rant dickw@n... 2008-04-07 13:16:10 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: Laser Metrology stan 2008-04-07 14:16:07 UTC Ref: Laser Metrology Graham Stabler 2008-04-07 15:28:14 UTC Re: Ref: Laser Metrology R.L. Wurdack 2008-04-07 19:40:34 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Ref: Laser Metrology vrsculptor 2008-04-07 20:20:05 UTC Re: Ref: Laser Metrology Peter Reilley 2008-04-07 20:21:26 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: Laser Metrology