greg , you may find this link to be useful , i am going to do this to my mill later in the week http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/threads/43645-Making-Acetal-leadscrew-nuts-the-easy-way/page3
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Wed, 5/22/13, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: andy pugh <[email protected]> > > > On 22 May 2013 02:28, Gregg Eshelman > > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I need a nut for the compound slide on a 17X78" LeBlond > > Regal. Ain't none to be found anywhere, new or used in any > > condition. > > > > Is it a left hand thread? > > Right hand thread. > > > This one is: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190741007179 > > (And perhaps it is worth contacting that supplier) > > > > It seems like a job best performed with the leadscrew > > available to compare to. > > > > Alternatively, have you considered a new screw/nut pair? if > > the nut is > > worn out then it is likely that the screw is past its best > > too. > > The nut's not worn out, it's MISSING. Gone. Not there. Someone took things > apart and lost some of the pieces. Also missing are the compound dial > (anyone got any 2" diameter dial with a 0.5" bore and markings suitable for > use with an 8 tpi screw? ANY dial, doesn't have to be off a LeBlond!), the > bushing (which needs a 1" x 16 tpi thread - oh fun another oddball thread), > and the handles for the compound and cross slides. The compound's two gib > screws are also MIA and about 3/4 to 1" of the thin end of the tapered gib > is broken off. > > I've checked the thread width all along the screw with digital calipers > and it's very consistent, very little wear or very even wear. The bed shows > original patterning over most of its length. The worst wear is on the > bottom of the tailstock. > > So, if someone can machine one square profile threaded hole through a > piece of brass, I can measure the screw every which way. I just need to get > the lathe operational, and this nut is one step along that path. > > If you've a ballpark estimate, e-mail me off list. > > When I bought this lathe at an auction I figured it might be a bit > difficult to find original parts. I didn't count on it being impossible. > 17" seems to be a very rare size LeBlond. Given that companies love of > scaling almost every part up/down for every swing diameter there's precious > little parts interchange across the range. > > I will never ever buy another LeBlond that's missing even one part! @#%@%# > things are all made of unobtanium. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service > that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your > browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic > and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- We conclude that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. That right existed prior to the formation of the new government under the Constitution and was premised on the private use of arms for activities such as hunting and self-defense, the latter being understood as resistance to either private lawlessness or the depredations of a tyrannical government." - U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, March 9, 2007 jeremy youngs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
