Ok so I am building a spindle and mounting my acme screw and would like to know if my setup is right.
Acme Leadscrew:
On the far end of my 1/2"-12tpi screw I have a single
608ZZ DG bearing for support and on the motor end do I use just one
708A AC bearing or two? I figure I would only need one as usually one would just use another 608ZZ and a thrust bearings and the 708A provides both right?
ER16 Spindle:
This is the complicated one, I hear mounting the AC bearings back to back is best but what side is the back?? Im guessing ill mount them like this ( tooling end - |O\| - |/O| ) the bearings im using are
6204RS DG and
7204B AC
So the entire spindle would look like this:
Tooling - |O\| - spacer (outer race) - |/O| - spacer (inner race) - |O| - nut
So in words let me explain what I think is going on, the collar of the ER16 shaft is seated against the inner race of the first AC bearing so when pressure is applied it will seat the bearing. Their is a spacer between the outer races of the two AC bearings so the inner races can be loaded independently. The next AC bearing has the inner race pointing up and a spacer that slides over the ER16 shaft makes contact with the AC inner race and the inner race of the deep groove on the top so when you tighten the nut on the very top its preloads the AC bearing. (you would set this so that their is no wobble in the spindle but so the spindle still spins freely so as not to overheat the grease)
Is this the correct method? I don't want to press in the AC bearings as their damn hard to get out. Currently I warm the bearings indirectly and put the ER16 in the freezer to make them go together easier.
Thanks!