Re: Make a "Split Nut"

I've played a little with this kind of stuff and would suggest you try using an oven or heat gun instead of a flame. All the machine work can be done on the Legacy -Original Message- From: Harvey Matyas To: legacy-ornamental-mills

Re: Legacy split nut wear

A very elegant solution. Way beyond my capability, Pure beauty. Cheers to jpreston Tom Dotta On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:49 AM, wrote: > The delrin split nuts wear because: > > 1. There is excessive movement of the acme rod; it is unsupported along > it's length and

RE: Make a "Split Nut"

Fire probably gave it a nice case hardening!   Hahaha ⁣Sent from BlueMail ​ On Aug 4, 2017, 1:41 AM, at 1:41 AM, Bill Bulkeley wrote: >Don’t let them tell you there is no 5/8x 4 tap out there I own one I >got it years ago on ebay unfortunately it went through my house

RE: Make a "Split Nut"

Curt made a tap from some leftover acme and it works good. ⁣ On Aug 3, 2017, 7:27 PM, at 7:27 PM, 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills wrote: >There might be a chance that a brass split nut wears and compromises >the lead screw... then you have a

Re: Wood Chuck Tour by Mike Pung

Joe, I'm seeing your pictures on a large screen and now see what you are pointing out about the sideways wear. I'm wondering if a longer split nut would help spread out the load. Go from a 4 thread engagement to a 6 or 8. Is that that the split nut from your monster machine? The wear

RE: Make a "Split Nut"

Don’t let them tell you there is no 5/8x 4 tap out there I own one I got it years ago on ebay unfortunately it went through my house fire but I don’t mind it will still cut nice soft delrin ok Bill -Original Message- From: 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills

Re: Revo Spindle Drive

Yes Tim, it is however, as it sometimes is (via the inverter ) running quite slowly it has more mass to absorb the heat. even though I do not run it for long . It is not too easy to find a motor that suits the purpose in hand. The Woodchuck one is a 415v 900 rpm running through an inverter,

Re: Make a "Split Nut"

Bill I agree brass would be o.k. However my present lathe does not do 4 tpi threads, and a lot of others will not have metal work lathes. I will try heating delrin later on. Richard On Friday, August 4, 2017 at 12:25:46 AM UTC+1, aussiman wrote: > > How would a brass split nut go i would try