Thanks Keith,?
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Your point about the upward movement is appreciated, I will experiment a bit and hopefully can keep all of you posted. But first of all, I will check whether shimming the carriage/?ross slide in the axial direction (towards the motor) might do the trick. Probably I will have to do this step by step.
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Herman
Op 13-12-2024 06:59 CET schreef Keith S. Angus via groups.io <keithsangus@...>:
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 03:39 PM, Herman de Leeuw wrote:
could I cut thread by rotating it 180 degrees.
I was thinking of trying this myself - I can see some advantages. A possible snag is that the cutting forces will be acting upwards, lifting the carriage off the bed. Check for any slack movement upwards and maybe shim or adjust to minimise it. That might be difficult as I don't think the plate under the carriage is intended to be a close fit - just to stop the carriage falling off. If you reduce the clearance it might have some tight spots. Also, if you reduce the clearances maybe you wouldn't get the problem anyway.
Herman de Leeuw