That's pretty slick Mike!??I thought about doing an insert for the nut because like you say, I don't think threading straight into the plastic would hold. My thought was to do an insert piece that would have a nice course outside thread, screwed into a block of steel or brass. The metal block would of course be the main holding but with the holes drilled all the way through the screws would serve to keep the insert from unscrewing from the block or a few other screws could be used expressly to keep the insert in place. I'd have to measure sometime but I think a 3/4" or so block would fit under the slide. I think that would be sufficient size to hold an insert?
Thoughts?
On Feb 21, 2022, 6:03 AM -0500, drmico60 via groups.io <mikey.cox@...>, wrote:
Ryan wrote:
I looked at the split nut mod but it didn't seem to keep adjustment all that well for Mike so I didn't do it. I'm hoping mine stays about the .008 I have now. I'll be happy with that :-). Perfect? No but a vast improvement over what I had before and I think if the thread was cut with the help of a traveling steady it would help the precision of the thread but again I don't have one of those.
For information:? I have since installed a Delrin nut on my minilathe which works very well and this eliminates backlash very effectively. Details of this mod are on my website, see:
Mike
