operation cnc

[kingcreaky]

evening all... finding it hard to shut you lot up arent I... obviously your just lost for words ;D

anyway... get this.

So, I emailed chai, saying il have four of those ball nut housings to suite 1610 rails.

assuming he would send me the ones on his ebay shop er... these



but .... he must of read my previous posts.... or something because I actually recieved these



Im not having a moan, its not his fault. I didnt specify part numbers or whatever... these are actually the ones id prefer!.

anyway, so you may also notice the brand new ball-nut.....

how do I put that on the orphan screw? without dropping my balls everywhere?

Matt

[Jonathan]

how do I put that on the orphan screw? without dropping my balls everywhere?

Just screw the nut on to the screw. Make sure you push the tube that's in the ballnut against the end of the ballscrew (so it's covering the end machining) as that will ensure the balls cannot drop out. Just do it slowly and carefully and you shouldn't have any problems.

[GEOFFREY]

A tip I was given for removing and replacing the nut, but have not yet tried is that standard airline hose not (curly-wurly) is a really good fit (tight but flexible) and the nut can be wound on and off the screw quite safely. G.