In other words, you’ll never see a threaded rod on a commercial machine. Enter the lead screw. Lead screws are precision machined components used for pretty much all proper CNC equipment.

And thanks to the threads, the rod can't back off on its own ... perforated metal band held in a circular shape by a nut. A screw threaded through the nut uses the perforations in the band ...

My biggest hope was that switching to the M5 threaded screw instead of the M8 the i2 ... My next target was the threaded rods. I suspected them because the supplier I had purchased the kit from ...

Next, screw 1x4 sides and top to the cradle and ... drill holes in the studs and install lengths of 3/16-in. threaded rod, ...