View Full Version : WTB: Lead screw nuts for Bridgeport Style MSC (Taiwan) knee mill for X and Y


modernprecision
03-03-2008, 12:41 AM
I need the leadscrew nuts for our MSC knee mill, it is Bridgeport style knee mill made in Taiwan by Cheng Ki Co.
Please LMK. Thanks. :)

MicroMill
03-03-2008, 06:07 AM
Check H&W Machinery in Fort Wayne Indiana. Tell Henry that C.J. sent you.

bbutcher85710
03-03-2008, 06:28 AM
If your lead screw nuts are just sloppy, you can usually split them and take up the slack with the retaining screw. See the Bridgeport operators manual in the
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bridgeport_mill_manuals1/
for a photo. The file should be labeled Operators manual 1981, and the diagram of the table shows where to split the X-axis nut (somewhere in the middle). I have also seen a technique where the nut is split about 80% through and the retaining screw forces the gap to close. I think the full split nut would be better since it should wear more evenly.

ktb100
03-03-2008, 10:00 AM
I have them in stock.

Kirk
Majestic Machinery
626-336-2350

modernprecision
03-03-2008, 12:44 PM
Check H&W Machinery in Fort Wayne Indiana. Tell Henry that C.J. sent you.
Will try, thanks, :).

If your lead screw nuts are just sloppy, you can usually split them and take up the slack with the retaining screw. See the Bridgeport operators manual in the
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bridgeport_mill_manuals1/
for a photo. The file should be labeled Operators manual 1981, and the diagram of the table shows where to split the X-axis nut (somewhere in the middle). I have also seen a technique where the nut is split about 80% through and the retaining screw forces the gap to close. I think the full split nut would be better since it should wear more evenly.
I'm not sure if it will work, this machine that I need the nuts for isn't a Bridgeport and some parts vary among the original Bridgeport.

I have them in stock.

Kirk
Majestic Machinery
626-336-2350

Will try, Thanks, :). Could you please send a quote for the 2 nuts?

ktb100
03-03-2008, 01:02 PM
Nuts run $35.00 a set. $199. for (4) nuts and (2) screws (up to a 12" x 54" table)