Hello:
Sorry to revive an old thread ...
After getting my set of qctp+holders finished, I am now looking to see about fixing the backlash issues the Unimat 3 cross slide has.
From what I seen, it is
very tricky business to get involved in as there is very little/no room to do much about it and on top of that the slide nut itself is very small:
Not to mention the terrible hassle you are in should you lose the damn thingy: just in case, I wrote the people at Emco last June equiring about the possibility of getting a replacement part but was promptly ignored.
It seems the very same part is used in the Unimat Basic, so it
may be available somewhere.
But I digress ...
As we know, the hole in the nut is threaded 8.0x1 LH.
The thing (part no. A3A 050 040) is basically a ~10mm x 10mm x 10mm cube, with the threaded cylinder to hold it in place from above with a M4x8 countersunk screw (part no. ZSR 65 0408) being
? ~6.0mm x 5.0mm high .?
... crossslide must be milled a slot of the size of the nut for correct position and height.
slot depht about 1,3mm
Hoping not to impose, I was wondering if you'd be kind enough to post a photo of what you have done to the cross slide so I could get an idea of what I was getting into.? ie: the slot you milled into the cross slide and any details you think pertinent.
Thanks in advance.
Best,
JHM
