Step 16: X Lead Screw and Nut
I left the best lead screw for last. The x-axis screw assembly is a cinch. The process is similar to the y-axis but the entire machine needs to be manhandled, tuned on end and the usual disassembly.
Quick Steps:
- Mark the inside of each stand where the bottom gantry support meets the stand.
- Find the center of the stand and measure up 3/8" (half the thickness of the board).
- Remove the stand and drill 7/8" hole halfway from the outside of the stand then drill a 3/4" hole through the remaining wood.
- Repeat for the stand on the opposite end.
- Remove the bottom gantry support and drill a hole completely through aligned with the holes in the stand.
- Drill a hole that snuggly fits the nut and drive the nut into the wood, careful not to split the wood.
Official X Lead Screw and Nut Page
Step 16: X Lead Screw And Nut - Watch a funny movie here
2 comments:
Good video and also good idea.
Will these videos be a weekly showing?
Some voice would be good on the video.
Tell us what it is that you are doing.
I am interested in seeing the finished undertaking.
Joel Hairston
www.craftcmancutter.com
My children provide the voiceover. I do plan to narrate the entire video series on a DVD that will be available in the near future.
Currently, I'm posting a video every other day.
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