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Re: Leadscrew
« Reply #30 on: March 27, 2019, 09:25:54 PM »
OK   a few in process shots.....I also made a new nut, a "P" shaped affair....not much photo evidence on that, but I was in "bull in the woods" mode ...12 hour day yesterday

Anyway...a few more shots that seem pretty self explanatory.

To cut the thread, I left the cross slide locked and just moved the compound to add feed.   That allowed the follower rest to stay in position.    I also left the half nuts closed, and just used the VFD to crawl into position.   I had thread reliefs on each end, so that simplified everything.

If I had to do this again, I'd make a cross slide mounted follower that had HSS lathe blanks to bear against the part.  The bronze just wore too fast.   I ended up dressing the surfaces on the mill 3 times to make that screw....and as it wore, the screw would push away..  It was tedious.

Always take a scratch cut...and Always check it with a thread gage.....ALWAYS!

Dave



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Re: Leadscrew
« Reply #31 on: March 27, 2019, 09:30:00 PM »
And Another thing

The tool is a "thinbit" threading insert, that fits in my new grooving tool.   It cuts the nicest finish!....I had polished chips coming off 0-1 tool steel, which can be tough to get good finish on unless the tool is really good..    Now I'm old school and never really used insert tooling in my shop....If I needed a threading tool, I usually grabbed a blank HSS bit and got cracking grinding one and checked it on a "Fish Scale"  ,,,,but not anymore!

Thanks for turning me on to those Steve Huck!

Dave
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Re: Leadscrew
« Reply #32 on: March 28, 2019, 01:58:11 PM »
I checked the assembly    total backlash installed    0.003"....a good deal better than 0.019"!
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Re: Leadscrew
« Reply #33 on: March 28, 2019, 07:52:33 PM »
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Re: Leadscrew
« Reply #34 on: March 31, 2019, 03:10:46 PM »
A vid of the threading operation ...about 1/2 way into it.

https://www.facebook.com/mcandrew.piper/videos/2268228856787841/?t=2

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Re: Leadscrew
« Reply #35 on: March 31, 2019, 04:55:05 PM »
Looks good Dave!

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Re: Leadscrew
« Reply #36 on: March 31, 2019, 04:57:46 PM »
Looks good Dave!

Dave

A hardened steel follower rest that mounts on the cross slide is on the list of accessories I'm going to build...
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