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Jul 12, 2015, 11:59 AM #1

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Variable Thickness Washer

This article describes a variable thickness washer that is used to pretension the leadscrew bearings on my RF-30 mill/drill. Pretensioning reduces backlash and the change in backlash as a function of table position.

If you are interested, please see

http://rick.sparber.org/VTW.pdf

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