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I decided that the ballscrews on my CNC Mill were needing replacing so stripped it late last night.
The X axis had been sticking and when I took it apart it became obvious why:
The ballscrews are 8mm and I will go to 10mm for a bit more rigidity and zero backlash ball nuts.
It is the ways that are the issue though and to solve this problem I have an automatic oiler on the way and I am now going to look at getting some lubrication on the ways as the problem has been sticktion between the surfaces.
The X axis had been sticking and when I took it apart it became obvious why:
The ballscrews are 8mm and I will go to 10mm for a bit more rigidity and zero backlash ball nuts.
It is the ways that are the issue though and to solve this problem I have an automatic oiler on the way and I am now going to look at getting some lubrication on the ways as the problem has been sticktion between the surfaces.