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(08-09-2024, 04:50 PM)EdK Wrote:

(08-09-2024, 03:49 PM)rubes Wrote: Im guessing a new nut for the cross slide or carriage on his Lathe?
Bronze or Delrin??

Yup, going to make a new cross slide screw & nut. The acme threads will be much stronger than the tiny V-threads on the stock screw & nut.

Ed

 

Huh.  I had to check, but mine (Homier brand Seig) looks like an Acme thread.  It's metric, so it's pretty small, but the crests and roots look square to me.   I just wish it was SAE to avoid all the weird gearing to get it close.

I find it hard to believe, with all the poor press about the cheaper lathes and mills that someone can't make small, rigid machines for the US market.