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    Variable Thickness Washer

    This article describes a variable thickness washer that is used to pretension the leadscrew bearings on my RF-30 mill/drill. Pretensioning reduces backlash and the change in backlash as a function of table position.


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    http://rick.sparber.org/VTW.pdf


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