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lead screw

American

[leed] / lid /

noun

(on a lathe) a rotating horizontal screw for moving the tool carriage along the work at a constant rate.

lead screw British

/ liːd /

noun

a threaded rod that drives the tool carriage in a lathe when screw cutting, etc

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Its lead screw, liberated from the child’s spinning top that inspired its designer, still works, sending the basket merrily whirring in its plastic bowl.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2022

WHY: The incline lead screw can shear off, causing the foot pedals to drop unexpectedly, resulting in a fall hazard to the user.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018

By turning a lead screw end for end, therefore, to equalize the wear, the middle of the length of the screw will become the least worn, and, therefore, the most true.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The means of giving motion to the feed spindle and lead screw are as follows:—n, Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

At the bottom of the scale are pitches of lead screw from 3 up to 20 threads per inch.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

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