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Cutting Small Threads In The Lathe

terry_g

Ultra Member
I found a 3MT stub in with some scrap metal at work one day. I had it for quite a while before
I came up with a use for it. I wants to replace the setscrews that hold the dials on my mill as I
disliked the ones that came with it. I made a tool to hold a die nut in the tail stock or tail stock
chuck. It does the job starting the die straight and being able to release the handle when the
thread is complete.


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Yes nice job, those are handy.
I have a commercialy made one for round dies and a homemade one for hexagonal dies.
 
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