Restoring old lathes, backlash in leadscrews

[irving2008]

Have you considered casting a nut thread using moglice not any idea how much it costs but an idea.
http://www.moglice.com/articles/repl...tethebook.html
(see figure 14)
I suspect you would need a new length of threaded rod to replace the screw.


Peter

Peter, I've looked at this stuff before, but its hard to get in small quantites. I did wonder about using plastic epoxy metal and packing the nuts, oiling the screw, screwing it in and leave to set... might contain the backlash for a while - worth a try maybe