[modeleng] Re: Mystery Thread & New Loco

Glad you were successful, Barrie, but what was the
diameter and pitch you came up with??

Al Messer

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

> Thanks to those who responded on this topic.
> I was trying to identify the thread in order to buy
> a tap having avoided thread cutting in the lathe for
> so many years I had become paranoid about it. Well,
> since running was rained off today I grasped the
> nettle, called up reserves of "the old magic", took
> the stripped tube end and screw cut the existing
> thread further up the tube. I then cut off the
> stripped portion and relieved the other end to make
> up for the offcut. Bingo - collets are back in
> business.
> 
> Truth is I have spent the last year working on a
> certain 5" Duchess and become slightly obsessed with
> it to the point where all workshop maintenance work
> was ignored. However the engine is now up and
> running and I have a few pictures to prove it. Would
> it be possible to put them on your website Alan?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Barrie
> 
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