On 22 February 2018 at 18:27, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That is what I'm making too. A rotating ball nut. I looked at all the > ways there are to lift the head of a Siege X2 mini mill and I think the > question comes down to the location of the screw. I think I will use the > space occupied by the factory installed column mounted rack. I put the screw inside the column: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HoPVUgjsAEOLwd293 With a shim strip in a tunnel to cover the slot: https://photos.app.goo.gl/B8maY510qUPx00Qw1 It looked quite neat but was a terrible idea. Cutting the slot in the middle of the dovetail massively reduced the torsional rigidity of the column. So don't do that :-) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
