jmcghee
Plastic
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2014
- Location
- Peoria, IL
Hey gang- I'm having a hell of a time tracking down what I thought was going to be a simple part, so I figured I'd see if anyone here had any advice. I'm needing an external return tube for the Y axis ballnut on an older (early 2000's) Milltronics 9"x48" CNC knee mill. The tube itself is 2 parts (split down the centerline) and appears to be some flavor of high carbon or tool steel. Milltronics gave me a hard no & referred me to a rebuilder they have a relationship with. I got a similar hard no from them & went further down the rabbit hole with dozens of different rebuilders. Lots of them will sell me a new screw/nut assembly, but no one seems to have the part. The screw & nut are in fantastic shape so I'd definitely rather not spend 2-5k on a new assembly. Anyone know where/how I might be able to buy the tube? Anyone have a junk machine that'd sell me one?