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Problem with threading lead screw Workbee 1010

Discussion in 'CNC Mills/Routers' started by Ken Couell, Jun 23, 2020.

  1. Ken Couell

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    So far everything thing was going Great with the assembly of my workbee 1010 with lead screws.

    I am now trying to assemble the lead screws into the gantry. One side went well, the other side I cannot get the lead screw to thread through the nut block.

    The nut blocks were left loose as the video said.

    Help!

    Thanks in advance,
    Ken
     
  2. Ken Couell

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    It the machine apart. It seems the threads are messed up in the one nut block. UGH....

    I could feed the lead screw through one side of the block but it would not go through smoothly. When it got through, it would barely turn.

    So with nothing lose, I took a drill bit and hand "reamed" off the last thread or 2 from the "problem side".

    Issue resolved.
     
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  4. Ken Couell

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    I ordered a new nutblock and m5x60mm screws yesterday. I was 1 screw short and the m5x60mm I tried to source locally didn't work.

    I was notified that they ship out today (in separate orders. I found the nutblock problem after ordering the screws lol(
     

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