Gib adjusting torque

[slow-poke]

I'm tweaking the Gibs on my knee mill. I'm using a 0.01mm indicator on the end of the table and it's basically not moving with serious heave-ho torque applied so really no slop at all. I temporarily attached a manual hand-wheel and it turns freely end to end (measured at 7-10 inch-lbs).

Turns freely is a subjective term, lacking experience I prefer an actual measurable range.

Can anyone provide a reasonable torque range to aim for?

 

[thestelster]

I'm tweaking the Gibs on my knee mill. I'm using a 0.01mm indicator on the end of the table and it's basically not moving with serious heave-ho torque applied so really no slop at all. I temporarily attached a manual hand-wheel and it turns freely end to end (measured at 7-10 inch-lbs).

Turns freely is a subjective term, lacking experience I prefer an actual measurable range.

Can anyone provide a reasonable torque range to aim for?

There's actually a calculation you can do:

 

[140mower]

There's actually a calculation you can do:

Gawd I miss Saturday morning cartoons.....

 

[Susquatch]

There's actually a calculation you can do:

I think that's an indeterminant equation. How do you integrate from i=1 to n when i doesn't appear as a variable in the equation and there are no available substitutions? Even rearranging terms leaves too many unknown variables to solve within the realm of plausible values. Maybe Dabbler could do it via multiple parallel successive approximations running on an infinite series oil patch simulator. I think Chrysler tested a transmission using that principle in the 60s or 70s.

Notwithstanding the obvious indeterminant term which cancels out anyway, the answer is 42 in-pounds. Everybody knows that!

 

[slow-poke]

LOL, tough crowd, crack out the torque wrench;-)

Tell me you guys own a torque wrench?

 

[Susquatch]

Tell me you guys own a torque wrench?

Oh ya! Lots of them. Firm believer here. VERY FIRM.