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Hello from Quebec

lucsimoneau said:
Hi all,
New to the forum - hope to get a chance to collaborate on some threads in here.
In the meantime, just want to let you know that I own a CX601 Mill/Drill that I converted to CNC with ball screws and a King 14 x 40 metal Lathe.
Cheers!
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Welcome from GTA, where did you source your ball screws?
 
Thanks. I'm in the market for replacing my acme screws. The backlash is very annoying even with LinuxCNC compensating for it.
 
Ball screws are a must in a CNC application - the nut preload is very important to maintain low backlash also ... ask me how I know lol!!!
 
lucsimoneau said:
Ball screws are a must in a CNC application - the nut preload is very important to maintain low backlash also ... ask me how I know lol!!!
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Its coming biggest backlash is in the quill on my machine, I and almost remove the backlash on the x and y on the acme screws buy how long they last.
 
I'm fully versed in Mastercam software for CNC G-Code programming (5 axis mill / Mill-Turn / Lathe) and fluent with SolidWorks on the CAD side - actually made my own post processor for the machine. This is the software that I teach at the college and I have a consulting business that provides the software and training associated with CNC machining.
 
Welcome from Ontario.
Using Solid works, Mastercam and Work-nc here.

CAD side - actually made my own post processor for the machine.
@lucsimoneau -Using the Mastercam post editor ?
 
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