Curt someone had a web sight just last week or so on acme thread rod and nuts to match. Who was that??? Kind Regards,
Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 10:53 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hello John. > Welcome to the group. > > I own a acmes tap that can cut the 5/8"X 4 thread for you. then all you > would need to do it cut the part to shape and add a locking screw for the > slide. > > I made my own home made tap for the Legacy a while back, I took a short > piece of the acme screw and then cut recesses in the screw /cutting edges > and tapered the end to make a starting tap. Its not as nice as the tap I > bought, but for the price, My home made tap cost me appx. 2hrs of time, my > factory tap. cost me a LOT More... ;-p > I also own a Wood Chuck carriage, where it works on a 5/8-4 steel nut. > I've not tried to find any solid nuts, but I would think if you can find > them, then the steel nut can be cut and made into a split nut, with out > much troubles. > Just an idea. > > Have a good night. > > C.A.G. > > On Saturday, December 11, 2021, 11:20:29 PM EST, John Gonzo < > jgwoodwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, I'm new to the group and this information is useful, I am looking for > extra split nuts. I was hoping to get a 3D STL File to put on a 3D printer > but it looks like I'm going to have to find a CAD guy. The 5/8-4tpi helps > Thank You! > > On Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 6:25:22 AM UTC-7 Curt George wrote: > > Hello Tim > > 5/8x4 is correct. its not an easy find, Legacy still sells them. I know > some in our group also have bought some 5/8x4 acme screw taps, ( I own one) > I bought it off E-bay, when there were on sale not to long ago. > > Delrin is cheap and easy to both find and work with. if you want parts > made it easy to do your self. > > Woops! I see Bill replied. and I agree... > Its ALWAYS easer to take care of what you have and make it last, rather > then it is to buy what you will need ,because the parts will ware out fast > if you don't take care of what you have. > > C.A.G. > On Thursday, May 27, 2021, 01:54:02 AM EDT, Tim Petersen < > tj.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > I tried a search for the information I am after but to no avail. > I have hobbled on a DC treadmill motor and KB controller to my LOM. > Works well enough but I do not want to wear through the original Legacy > split nut. > What I am getting is the LOM uses a 5/8"-4 acme thread. McMaster carries > a 5/8"-5 it appears but no 4P. > > Am I misreading something or what? > > Any help would be great and thanks in advance, > > -Tim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/d2383d1c-f574-4ffd-8cfa-2b581b2bf854n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/d2383d1c-f574-4ffd-8cfa-2b581b2bf854n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/b5fb8527-3d4d-41ae-8008-0e5510e1b801n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/b5fb8527-3d4d-41ae-8008-0e5510e1b801n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/179629237.629202.1639284840856%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/179629237.629202.1639284840856%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLFusOE9t7PAnQYdmB6VdH7VuJqYFYrBZstAshEoG-SieA%40mail.gmail.com.
