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03-22-2015, 08:17 PM
(03-22-2015, 07:07 PM)f350ca Wrote: My manual Hardinge with automatic kick out recommends not threading above 1000 rpm. On small threads say under 3/8 I cut at 6-800 rpm, first couple of times was scary though.

Yup, scary as hell. Yikes Especially when threading to a shoulder or to the bottom of a blind hole.

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Why are threads cut at slow speed? - by flosi - 03-22-2015, 04:44 PM
RE: Why are threads cut at slow speed? - by DaveH - 03-22-2015, 05:11 PM
RE: Why are threads cut at slow speed? - by EdK - 03-22-2015, 05:29 PM
RE: Why are threads cut at slow speed? - by flosi - 03-22-2015, 05:37 PM
RE: Why are threads cut at slow speed? - by flosi - 03-22-2015, 06:58 PM
RE: Why are threads cut at slow speed? - by TomG - 03-22-2015, 08:17 PM
RE: Why are threads cut at slow speed? - by Vinny - 03-23-2015, 04:11 PM



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