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May 4, 2015, 07:08 AM #1

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Reducing X and Y Axis Backlash on a RF-30 Mill/Drill

There are two sources of backlash on the X and Y axes. The most obvious one is the play between the leadscrew and its take up nut. There is an adjustment on the nut but first you have to be able to access it. A less obvious and possibly larger source of backlash is in the thrust bearings associated with each leadscrew. It can be shimmed out resulting in a dramatic decrease in backlash. Will it turn a leadscrew into ballscrew performance? Dream on...

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

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