Ball screw fixed end DIY support ideas needed.

[ccmarco]

Hi Phil,

sure that, i already have a deal with a professional lathe worker for ballscrews machining and ball bearings flange build, but it would be more funny to make my own screw supports, at least.

About ballscrews, i have space only for a small lathe and as far as i know, hardened steel is too much for similar tools.

Or i'm wrong ?

Marco.

[M250cnc]

Marco i have never tried turning ball screws, i have a cylindrical grinder and did mine on that.

But a small lathe would struggle with hardened screws

By all means make whatever you are capable of making, but it is false economy to make something that you cannot make accurately.

Phil

[ccmarco]

Phil,

i'm not looking for a way to machine ballscrew's ends by myself with improvised methods.

Instead, my purpose, for non critical applications, is to build, only, ball bearings support flanges.

Of course, for professional high quality CNC machine making, this does not make sense.

Marco.