The ACME lead screw and bronze nut on a Cincinnati Monoset wear with decades of use — backlash creeps in, the slide loses precision, and replacement parts are long out of production. Here is where machinists actually go to fix it.
On a worn Monoset, the usual symptoms are excess backlash in the wheelhead feed and inconsistent positioning. The wear is almost always in the ACME screw, the mating bronze nut, or both. You have three realistic paths: recondition the existing screw, source a remanufactured part, or have a new nut/bushing made. The shops below cover all three.
Remanufactures Cincinnati Monoset tool & cutter grinders and supplies replacement parts — a first call for Monoset-specific components.
Reconditions worn ACME and trapezoidal lead screws — re-cuts the thread form and restores fit, often cheaper than sourcing new.
Stocks Cincinnati / Milacron grinder spare parts and components.
The current Cincinnati Machines brand — Monoset/Monaset parts, manuals, and support.
Dull HSS drills slowing the job down? We resharpen them by mail — flat-rate, fast turnaround, from our shop in Perry, OK.
Talk it through with other machinists on the MachinistPost forum — real shops, real experience.
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