Yes, the lathe halfnuts was what I was thinking. Here is a crude model of the method. The vertical bolt holes in the lower half of the nut block would be slotted, so that the push pull setscrews on the ends could slide that half of the nut slightly, and then be clamped by tightening the 4 vertical bolts. This would be the anti-backlash device
This assembly would be bolted to a baseplate on the machine, and hopefully, by sliding the top half of the nut along the screw, someplace you would find enough clearance to be able to rotate it one half a revolution so it would drop off the screw. Either that, or provide an additional spacer block above the top side, that would give you extra disassembly height.
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Last edited by HuFlungDung; 12-18-2003 at 10:21 AM.
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