12-07-2012, 10:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-07-2012, 10:26 PM by the penguin.)
Per an PM request, my version of a flip up threading tool
Let me start off my saying like many tools, this isn't a perfect tool, but t does work, for what I use it for. Like many tools because it works in one application, doesn't mean it will work in all applications.
In some of the repairs that I do for work, the threads have a tendency to be coarse (10 tpi or coarser), which are a PITA to do, this tool has made it easier. When threading with this tool, I don't release the carriage from the lead screw, just reverse the lathe. I don't back out the compound or carriage, when the lathe is reversed, the tool flips up and ride to the end of the work piece, then drops bad down.
The tool is simple a modified AXA tool holder, a modified Grizzly (G7030) carbide tip threading tool, an alignment pin and a pivot bolt.
Let me start off my saying like many tools, this isn't a perfect tool, but t does work, for what I use it for. Like many tools because it works in one application, doesn't mean it will work in all applications.
In some of the repairs that I do for work, the threads have a tendency to be coarse (10 tpi or coarser), which are a PITA to do, this tool has made it easier. When threading with this tool, I don't release the carriage from the lead screw, just reverse the lathe. I don't back out the compound or carriage, when the lathe is reversed, the tool flips up and ride to the end of the work piece, then drops bad down.
The tool is simple a modified AXA tool holder, a modified Grizzly (G7030) carbide tip threading tool, an alignment pin and a pivot bolt.
jack