Thinking of a CNC router build. Doing lots of reading etc.
The stepper end of a ballscrew is laterally fixed. Other end 'floats' supported by a bearing, but why does it have a circlip?
Instead of buying a BF coupler, could one not machine a socket for an appropriate size bearing for ballscrew end to float.
Hope that make sense.
Gordon.
I now understand that the circlip holds the bearing on and bearing AND shaft float in the BF socket.