gargamel
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2012
- Location
- Boston, MA
I have been playing with the backlash eliminator nuts on my 1950's era Cincinnati Toolmaster. I can dial it to about 0.003" of backlash and still get smooth turning action on the leadscrew, but if I try to snug it up more than that then the screw binds and does not want to turn. Is 0.003" considered to be about as good one can expect from these types of devices, or should I be able to bring that closer to 0 with the magic touch? Despite being 70 years old this is a low hours machine in great shape, so I don't think that wear on the screw is an issue in this case. It does not seem to matter where I am on the leadscrew when I adjust the backlash, same story all across the travel.
Preempting the claims that I can do good work even with much more than 0.003" of backlash: Agreed. This is not about needing it to be better, but a general question on the function of the backlash eliminators.
Thanks,
Mike
Preempting the claims that I can do good work even with much more than 0.003" of backlash: Agreed. This is not about needing it to be better, but a general question on the function of the backlash eliminators.
Thanks,
Mike