12-27-2013, 05:04 AM
Presumably though it's not just the 5 degrees difference, it's also the rounded crests and troughs of the Whitworth form that you need to copy. After all Joseph Whitworth specified rounding to avoid the stress risers inherent in a Sellars thread form, and this is one application where that might be highly relevant.
Andrew
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