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Re: Extending cross slide travel -- what is the currently accepted best method?

 

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A couple of years back I bought some longer cross slide screws off of eBay. I am not sure if they were custom made or actual parts from other lathes.? I made a couple of educated guesses on the Grizzly web site and bought 3-4 screws for other models of similar overall appearance, but none were a match in any respect --- Fatter shaft, different pitch, different thread form, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas if these screws are custom made or repurposed OEM parts from a different model(s)?

John

On 2/20/2022 7:19 PM, Tony Jones wrote:

I need to machine some wider material.

Googling I can find lots of approaches and I'm struggling with what is considered the best approach in 2022 (ideas tend to evolve).

Gordon Scotts:?
Gadget Builfers:???(extends on above but incorporates a handle extension)
Twinsquirrel:??(handle extension is frowned upon and there is mention of buying and cutting down a longer screw from LMS).
Mikesworkshop:??(referenced in the above madmodder,? made his own longer screw but at end mentions not lengthening slot in carriage [hindsight]).

Maybe if I take everything apart and pour over the above 4 threads in more detail the subtleties of the differences would become apparent,? but instead I thought I'd ask :-)

Thanks!


Screw pn#89---Original+59+79+99--Resized to actual+clean + inches.jpg

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