Where do I find precision steel balls for reloading my ballscrew? I was hoping to be able to take out a couple thou backlash in my Bridgeport screws by oversizing every other ball by a thou or two.
Where do I find precision steel balls for reloading my ballscrew? I was hoping to be able to take out a couple thou backlash in my Bridgeport screws by oversizing every other ball by a thou or two.
Proud owner of a Series II Bridgeport.
I did a quick search on the web. Didn't find anyone selling online except SDP-SI.com. Also I noticed the steps in ball sizes were not any tighter than 1/32" from the places I browsed.
Do they make balls in steps of a thousand or two? I'm curious.
Chris
I've read that people on this board have been able to buy them in very tight (.0005) tolerences...
Proud owner of a Series II Bridgeport.
Andrew,
Try Bal-Tec at
http://www.precisionballs.com/
I think you can buy from them in .0001 increments.
Say, I have an "assortment" left from when I repacked a ballscrew with nominal .125" balls. I think I've got many sizes up to .127" If you want to contact me about the sizes you would like to try, I can see what I've got left.
I believe the going rate is 20 cents per ball, new price. We can work out a deal
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