[modeleng] Re: Mystery Thread & New Loco

  • From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:14:16 -0700 (PDT)

Barrie, I have found that it is safer, for me anyhow,
to "screwthread backwards", finding the internal
shoulder by "feel" than it is to stop the internal
threading tool without smashing it into said shoulder
by threading in Forward.

Al

--- Barrie Purslow <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Al,
> 
> > For the past several years, especially when
> threading
> > to a shoulder or doing an internal thread, I grind
> the
> > tool "backwards, mount it where it is in the "back
> > side" of the hole and thread in Reverse with the
> > spindle turning in reverse, with the threading
> tool
> > backing out of the hole towards the headstock.  
> 
> Neat trick. Next time I will try this.
> 
> Barrie
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