man i suck (nuts)
I was drilling by hand a hole in my y axis ballscrew for an x3. i was going to then tapp the screw and screw in a washer to this to help me from loosing balls from the ballnuts in any accident (thanks to crevice reamer for the idea )
so i was hand drilling, 3/16" working up, then boom it snagged and ZIP the ballscrew shot in and i lost exactly 15 balls.
So i have come here making a thread to ask for what to do next.
first, how hard is it to put them back? anybody have a link to the process?
1) put back the 15 that came out somehow
2) take all the balls out and put then in bag. then cloth up and clamp the ballscrew into my drill press vice and drill and tap the hole properly then put the balls back in
3) take all the balls out and put then in bag. then cloth up and clamp the ballscrew into my drill press vice and drill and tap the hole properly, but i believe these are .125" balls or so, buying some oversized balls on ebay and loading them myself.
What would you guys do?
Thanks guys!
oh the irony... i lost my balls in an attempt to save them. (nuts)