I just have a 1 inch travel dial indicator on the Z axis so I don't worry about backlash.
John
From: Jeff Wild <wildja99@yahoo.com>
To: GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:58 AM
Subject: [GrizHFMinimill] anti backlash
hi group. sorry about no link.i will re write the mod.the castle joint on the fine/coarse handles ,has a lot of free play which is the main offender in the bachlash problem,i have made a small coller with allen screew in the rim which locks the castle joint when using the fine feed.it took me less than one hour to make on the lathe and has got rid of 90% of the backlash,try it you will not be disapointed jeff
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