Quote Originally Posted by Shinobiwan View Post
Haha! Oh yes!

Yep I'd been warned well in advance by Jazz that unscrewing the ballnut off was a big no no unless your a sadist.

So like yourself wilfy I wasn't curious enough to just wind the nut off and look inside. No, instead my accident was more spectacular. This was on the Z, I had no bed to limit Z travel and no floating end ballscrew mount to stop the nut either... cue me playing with motor tuning - a nippy 8m/min with slow slow acceleration. Wound it up to a good speed and then watched in horror as it slowed down like a snail all whilst smashing the Z 'up' button on the keyboard to no avail! Moments later, the Z axis front plate is off the machine and its raining ball bearings! lol Good times.

Humans... we are constantly finding new and inventive ways to f$%k up!

Ps. Thanks guys. I'll have a shot at this I think. Worse that can happen is I fail and go order a new nut.
Ive read this three times and each time it gets funnier, I can only imagine the expression of desperation and shock on your face as you watch your Z front plate part company with the back plate, and the disbelief as the balls cascaded all over the place.... PERFECT!!

Rick