Any way to use this as a leadscrew?

[slickrick]

I was out in the garage today looking for something, and in one of my drawers I spotted a rebar eater. If you don't know what one is, here's a pic or two.

Anyway we could use these as a leadscrew? What could we get to use as a nut?

I also don't know how long you can get them, ut that one is around 8" of thread.

[Monte]

Originally Posted by slickrick I was out in the garage today looking for something, and in one of my drawers I spotted a rebar eater. If you don't know what one is, here's a pic or two. Anyway we could use these as a leadscrew? What could we get to use as a nut? I also don't know how long you can get them, ut that one is around 8" of thread.

I would suppose that anything with a thread form could be used as a lead screw. That's not saying anything about any accuracy issues.

For a nut, you could form your own using Moglice, or make a forming tool for a lathe and cut one yourself.

Monte

[Gir]

I would be worried about tolerances. Give it whirl, though, you may be surprised. There's a number of people that have built machines using standard threaded rods from HD and got it working well enough.