Hi All,

I have the Enco mill similar to the Grizzly G1005. It would seem that some of the backlash is controlled by how tight the handle retains the bearings on shaft that controls the side to side travel (X). I removed the handle as part of the CNC conversion and the bearing tends to walk out of the hole where it sits. I have tapped it back in to get by backlash down to .003-.004 but it doesn't last. I was thinking about putting a collar on the handle shaft but I would prefer something that can be used to "draw" the bearing flush.

How do other people control backlash on the front bearing? I noticed in my Swarfrat video that mini-mills have a nut that draws the handle tight rather than a set screw.

Is this fixed in the process of going to one of the anti-backlash nuts such as dumpsterCNC?

Regards,

BH