Thanks Bruce. Here I kinda thought I had a novel idea LOL!??I was staring at my lathe the other night, wondering how to gain some travel in both directions.??I don't have, nor do I have access to a mill any more and that's when the idea about moving the nut came to me.?
I made up a spacer and it's just over an inch long so if I move the nut the same distance back I should gain that much travel towards me according to the link from Mike Weebly.? ?And I need a little more travel away from me so I'm thinking adding about 2", 2.5" to the screw should do it.?
I think drilling and taping the screw and then threading the extension in and soldering. Then I can indicate the screw in off the threads, turn the extension to diameter, then pick up the thread to thread the extension. I think that's a good way to keep the screw as straight as I can. Any better way I'm missing?
I probably have a drill bit with a junk point I can grind down too. Thanks for the idea!
Ryan
On Jan 25, 2022, 7:48 PM -0500, Bruce J <bruce.desertrat@...>, wrote:
On Jan 25, 2022, at 2:19 PM, Ryan H via <
ifly172@...> wrote:
Wow!??That's awesome Dick!??I'm sure mine won't turn out near so fancy but I hope it'll be functional!??You wouldn't happen to know the center to center distance on the two screws that mount the feed nut by chance???I think getting those holes located, and making the flat bottoms for the screw heads is going to be one of the bigger headaches of this.?
Flat bottoms can be done by finding a HSS twist drill of the correct size and carefully grinding the end flat,
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Bruce Johnson
"Wherever you go, there you are." B. Banzai, PhD
