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SCREW THREAD CUTTING sa METAL LATHE SCREW THREAD CUTTING x DIE (SCREW THREAD CUTTER) x TAP (SCREW THREAD CUTTER) x THREAD CUTTING (SCREW) xx SCREW Tip on improving lubrication and reducing jaming when cutting wood threads with a thread box. Taps and dies. How to cut your own threads in metal and wood using these guidelines. Make this "tapping guide" to make sure that you have perfect alignment of a thread-tapping tool during the starting process. Using metal-cutting taps and dies. Cutting threads with taps and dies. How to cut wooden threads with a handmade tap and die (screwbox). How to make your own tools and tips on their use. How to sharpen a tap for use when cutting threads into the end grain of wood. An evaluation of wood threading tools, plus tips on using wood threading tools. Included in an article on how to make your own parallel-jaw woodworker's clamps. How to "size" the end grain of wood by coating it with a watery glue. Helps prevent tear-out of threads cut into end grain. An ordinary lag screw can be used to make a tap for wooden threads. Tip: Immerse dowel in hot paraffin before trying to cut wooden threads. Wooden vise uses hand-cut wooden threads and nuts. Some tips on construction. Threading wood. (1) A router-table threadbox uses a router to cut threads on dowel. (2) Homemade threadbox to cut inside and outside threads. (3) Lathe tool to true a dowel to exact size. Tip: How to reduce breakage when threading dowels. Alignment block for accurate threading of steel rods. Chasing large wooden threads. Chasing is an old technique for cutting any size wooden thread by hand on a lathe using simple shop-made tools. Tip: Use Teflon-based lubricant in place of tapping fluid. Make a die for cutting wooden threads from a hex nut of the appropriate thread size. How to convert a wood screw for pre-threading screw holes in hardwood. Threaded-lid boxes. Construct a jig for threading both the inside of the lid and outside case of turned wooden boxes. This jig functions much like a screw-cutting metalworking lathe, but at less cost. The actual cutting is performed by a die grinder fitted with custom-ground V-bits. Est. cost: $200. Tips on cutting large-diameter wooden screws for use in vises on reproductions of 19th-century workbenches. Suggested tap drill sizes when using a metal-cutting tap to cut threads in wood. Making wooden bench screws of any size and pitch from ordinary hardwood dowel. Simple jigs use a band saw and drill press to cut the threads. Simple modification to a bolt will let it cut threads in hardwoods. Threading wood to receive machine screws. How to cut durable threads in wood using metal taps. Split die holder for the lathe is an easy-to-make tool that beginning students will find useful in cutting external threads. Tip: Use an acetylene torch to remove broken taps. Tip: How to sharpen threading dies by using a lap made of wood or lead charged with emery. Tip: How to use a nut as a guide to guarantee straight tapping of a threaded hole. Tapping guide holds a tap perpendicular to the work. Building the guide requires skill in arc welding, drilling, facing, reaming, measuring, taper turning, and knurling. Threading it right. A few techniques which guarantee success with taps and dies. How to use taps and dies. A beginner's guide to tapping. How to thread wood using commercially available taps and dies. Includes plans for making a set of wood clamps. Salvaging crossed or stripped threads on bolts and nuts. How to cut threads in wood. How to modify an ordinary bolt to function as a tap to clean up a cross-threaded hole. Tips on making wooden screws. Making a wooden nut and bolt illustrates the basic techniques. Make a wooden nut and bolt with just a whittling knife. Adapt an ordinary nut to cut threads on a wooden dowel. Patterns for an internal and external "thread chaser" used to cut wooden threads. Spring loaded tapping center. How to make a "gidget" to help you tap holes straight. How to pick the drill to fit the tap. Equivalency tables are included. Die-stock attachment makes threading easier. A guide bushing attached to the bottom of die-stock slips over the rod to be threaded, and helps get the threads started straight. Different bushings fit different sizes. Use your drill press as a tapping machine with this handle that allows you to easily turn the chuck by hand. Make a tap wrench with wooden handles. Wrench is made from steel bar, carriage bolts, and thumb screws. Tip: Use a large turnbuckle as a tap-wrench handle in an emergency. Tip: How to convert a nut into a substitute for a thread-cutting die. Tip: Use a turnbuckle as a handle for an auger bit or tap. Tip: Use a nut to keep a hand tap at a right angle to the work. How to thread metal. A complete course on using taps and dies to thread metal. Crank turns drill press for precision tapping. Large die holders made from ring sections of pipe and pipe fittings. An easy way to cut left-handed threads with a right-hand tap. Alignment tool eliminates tap breakage when tapping in a drill press or lathe. How to cut threads in wood. Includes hints on making wooden clamps, nuts and bolts and a bookbinder's press. Sliding die holder is used on a lathe to cut threads on the ends of rod. It is reversible to accommodate two-different diameter dies. It is supported by the tailstock and has a single large handle to prevent rotation. An improved die stock features guide bushings that keep the die square to the work, especially important when starting the cutting process. The handle ends unscrew revealing a hexagon drive key and cleaning brush. Tip on converting a nut or bolt to an emergency clean-up die or tap for repairing damaged threads. Step-by-step procedure for tapping threads in metal using a drill press. How to drill and tap holes in metal bars to accept machine screws. How to recut damaged threads on a bolt (left after shortening the bolt with a hacksaw) Cutting threads in wood. Both threadbox and router methods are described. Tip on salvaging broken taper taps. Tip on using a slotted nut and a vise to securely hold a threaded stud while threads are cut on the other end. Tip on modifying a tap handle to work with a 3/8" square drive. Tip on cleaning up the threads of a slightly-damaged bolt using a nut of the correct thread size which has been slotted (cut) with a hacksaw. (1) Make a thread chaser from a bolt. (2) Using a castellated nut as a die to clean bolt and stud threads. How to make your own oversize tap from a piece of threaded rod. Craftsman's corner. Simple, readily available liquids suitable for use as coolant-lubricants when drilling, reaming, tapping and honing steel, copper, aluminum and plastic. Tip: Use a block of plastic as a guide to improve the accuracy and success when tapping a hole. Tip on getting a clean cut through the threads of a drag and anti-drag wire which will not damage the threads. Threading guide. Jig for cutting threads on the ends of 4130 steel rods without misalignment of the die. Tip shows how to restore deformed screw threads after cutting a bolt to a different length. How to thread metal with a hand tap. Tip on a way to strengthen wooden threads and make them wear longer. Chasing (cutting) wooden screw threads on a lathe by hand. A technique for learning the speed needed to slide the chaser along the tool rest to engage the work and produce a good thread. Tips on hand cutting screw threads on round wooden boxes using a lathe and thread "chasers". Included in an article on making a round box with a screw-on top that holds ten small ivory pegs (known as drawer pullers or position finders). Tip shows how to make thread chasers from high-speed steel tap. Tips on hand-chasing wooden screw threads on a lathe. Making a screw gun (an unusual puzzle in which the aim is to find a cannonball hidden within). It is a tour de force of the screw cutter's art. Guide to hand chasing wooden threads. Tips on cutting wooden screw threads. The gentle art of thread chasing (the cutting of screw threads in wood). Notes from the turning shop. Learning to cut screw threads in wood. Part 1. Notes from the turning shop. Learning to cut screw threads in wood. Part 2. Thread boxes. Practical advice on creating wooden hardware for use in your shop. Using the hand-held thread box, the router-based thread cutter, and wood-cutting taps. Tip on converting an ordinary bolt into a thread cutter for use in wood. Tips on sharpening the cutters from a Marples screwbox kit for cutting screw threads in wood. Tips on hand-cutting threads in non-ferrous metals, plastics and wood using "thread chasing" tools. Making a meat press. Requires making dowels, threading dowels, and threading wooden hand "nuts" to provide pressure for the press. A good project to make use of a threadbox. The same techniques may be adapted to building other types of presses. Tip: Use liquid polyester resin to form threaded holes in slate, stone, wood, etc. The ins and outs of threading. How to use an articulated arm router to cut internal and external threads in wood. Includes shop-made jigs and router bits. Nut and bolt toy. Various lengths of wooden threads are mounted to a wooden base. Several wooden "nuts" are provided. The child can screw and un-screw the nuts and move them from one bolt to another. Oversize wooden nuts and bolts are interesting novelties or toys. Making threads in wood. An overview of four commercially available wood threading devices. Tip describes how to fix damaged threads on a bolt using a split nut as a thread cutting die. How to cut wood threads. Includes plans for nutcracker cup, all wood clamps and a set of oversize nuts and bolts. Tip: Use the jaw and adjusting nut from a pipe wrench to thread wooden holes and dowels. Cutting wood threads. An look at both threadbox and router methods. Includes a crank idea for use with the router method. A related article shows a homemade threadbox and some project ideas. Tip on strengthening some woods with cyanoacrylate glue before attempting to cut threads. | |||||||||
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