Originally Posted by
X2cnc
My 1.25" longer ballscrew came in from CNCFusion a few weeks ago, for $57 to my mailbox.
Mine cost a bit more than that. $137CDN when all was said and done or $102 in US funds. Extra shipping costs to Canada are partly to blame and beyond cncfusion's control. This included a new preloaded ballnut. A big thank you to Michael for cutting some slack on the usual preload fee. :cheers: (the fact that I had paid the preload fees for the existing screws was a factor here)
As far as spacing out the spindle, I'm going to play the devil's advocate. Note this regards only the rearward extension and not how it effects other travel mods, tool changers, etc.
The T-slots on the X2 table are only ~2.2" center-to-center, in other words next to useless for most of my work. A table this narrow is mostly a place to bolt the the real work holding device, vise, tooling plate, fixture, whatever. 5/8" off the table center isn't going to worry me very much at this point. I reserve the right to alter this opinion after completing the modification of course
On the topic of vises, there is a possible annoyance with this mod. I currently raise the vise enough to clear the column mount. This allows the vise to be mounted further to the rear of the table. Using a planned 1" column spacer plate, the vise will need to be raised further. Goodbye 1" extra z clearance when using the Kurt style vise.
Anyone who says "It only goes together one way" has no imagination.