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jrdeahl

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Hi all:

I did a search but didn't come up with any good links.

I am looking for a thread depth chart. Not the calc of .75 divided by threads/in. I mean the actual depth of the threads or the "minor external diamension" subtracted from the "major external dimension".

I don't always cut with the compound, but just use the cross.

Thanks,

Jake
 
Divide one by the threads per inch and then multiply by .866

Example: 16 threads per inch

1/16 = .0625

.0625 x .866 = .054 single depth of thread

If you need a chart, work the formula above for all the common threads and make your own chart.
 
Hi Jake,
I have a thread gage (sometimes called a fishtail)that has the double depths listed for most of the threads. If you don't have one, I suggest getting one. They're handy for grinding and setting up thread tools too.

If that isn't available, I just work from the one that I have memorized; 20 TPI = .065 double depth.

As an example, say that you want to cut 16 TPI.
20/16 = 1.25
1.25 X .065 = .081
16 TPI = .081 double depth.

Works for me anyway.

Mike
 
Go to my page, download DOT (Depth Of Thread), run it and you'll get an output
that looks like this...

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DEPTH OF THREAD CALCULATIONS

Threads angle [60 deg] ?
Threads per inch [20] ? 16
Compound rest angle [29 deg] ?

thread angle = 60.00 deg
threads per inch = 16.0 (pitch = 0.06250 in/thread)
{compound feed at compound angle = 29.0 deg}

(A) dot sharp crest - sharp root = 0.05413 in {0.06189 in}
(B) dot flat crest - flat root = 0.03383 in {0.03868 in}
(C) dot sharp crest - flat root = 0.04059 in {0.04641 in}
(D) dot flat crest - sharp root = 0.04736 in {0.05415 in}
(E) double dot sharp crest - sharp root = 0.10825 in

For American National (60 deg) thread form, subtract 0.0406 in from
major diameter (assumes p/8 flat on crest) to obtain pitch diameter

use any line on threading dial
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Wich one is right?.. Is EITHER RIGHT???

Divide one by the threads per inch and then multiply by .866

Example: 16 threads per inch

1/16 = .0625

.0625 x .866 = .054 single depth of thread
OR.........
As an example, say that you want to cut 16 TPI.
20/16 = 1.25
1.25 X .065 = .081
16 TPI = .081 double depth.
 
Well I'll add another one in there.

I normaly use this little formula. I'm not sure exactly why its this number works. I think it takes care of the normal root and crest sizes. Anyway, simple as can be. Only 1 number to remember, .625

.625 devided by whatever TPI #

.625/16 = aprox .040" depth per side. These numbers are only meant to get you somewhere close, pretty much just like looking at it. When its getting close to a true V shape, you're almost there and should get out the 3wires/ gages, or the mating part.

I also use this formula for undercuts and I add a bit more for clearance. I never had any complaints.
 
So far NOBODY agrees... this is NOT funny....
but somehow I sorta expect it...

Do any of you make threads to the BOOK ?

Get a "Machinery's Handbook"

Every one of you would be royally Pi$$ed if the spark plugs you bought were made using your methods...
 
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Wich one is right?.. Is EITHER RIGHT???


quote:
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Divide one by the threads per inch and then multiply by .866

Example: 16 threads per inch

1/16 = .0625

.0625 x .866 = .054 single depth of thread

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OR.........

quote:
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As an example, say that you want to cut 16 TPI.
20/16 = 1.25
1.25 X .065 = .081
16 TPI = .081 double depth.

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So far NOBODY agrees... this is NOT funny....
but somehow I sorta expect it...

Do any of you make threads to the BOOK ?

Get a "Machinery's Handbook"

Every one of you would be royally Pi$$ed if the spark plugs you bought were made using your methods...
Why don't you get your BOOK out and see which one is right?
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Gary E,
By the time you have the thread data found in the handbook, The thread could already be cut! It just isn't all that technical.

I stand by my "formula". I use that because I happen to be able to remember it.

Another way to do it:
Pitch X 1.3 = double depth (Handbook worshippers will probably want to use 1.299 in place of 1.3)
These numbers are not for a pointed tool, but rather for a tool that has a proper flat at the tip. I think that this is where the descrepency comes from. The single depth of a thread with a sharp root is indeed .866 X pitch. These threads are weaker though.

Incidently, all this was derived from the "Greenfield Screw Thread Manual" which I believe is still in print.

Mike
 
Well, I must say I have calculated each of your formulas including the DOT program and none of you are the same.

Since I don't have a handbook, what does it say?

Jake
 
It says it doesn't matter how you want to calculate it as long as the end result is good.

Going with only a calculated depth without checking with 3wires or a ring gage is NOT acceptable in normal production where many parts have to interchange.
 
SND,

Good point. A formula is only good for getting you in the ballpark. Always stop feeding in a few thou shy of the calculated position and start gaging for the last bit.
 
JS:

That is sounding good. My fishscale says .93 for 14tpi.

so 13/14 = .92857

.92857/2 = cross slide depth

Correct?

Jake
 
Jake --

The Theoretical Single Depth of Thread for either the Unified or ISO Metric threadform -- which are both 60-degree threads with a 1/8 Pitch flat at the Major Diameter and a 1/4 Pitch flat at the Minor Diameter -- can be calculated easily from the Thread Pitch:

Theoretical Single Depth = (5/8) x Pitch x Cos (30 degrees)

Working a numerical example for a Unified threadform of 1/16 inch Pitch:

Theoretical Single Depth = (5/8) x 1/16 inch x Cos (30 degrees)

= 0.625 x 0.0625 inch x 0.866

= 0.0338 inch

Working a numerical example for an ISO Metric threadform of 1.25 millimeter Pitch:

Theoretical Single Depth = (5/8) x 1.25 millimeter x Cos (30 degrees)

= 0.625 x 1.25 millimeter x 0.866

= 0.677 millimeter

The Unified and ISO Metric threadforms are modified (truncated) V screwthreads with a 60-degree included angle between the flanks. In a 60-degree Sharp-V screwthread, the measured-along-the-flank length would be exactly equal to the Pitch. The flats at the Major and Minor Diameters on the Unified and ISO Metric threadforms result in a reduction of the measured-along-flank length to 5/8 that of a same-pitch Sharp-V screwthread. [This means that the Theoretical Along-Flank Infeed of a compound / top slide set at 30 degrees to feed along the flank can be calculated as (5/8) x Pitch, which for a Unified threadform is exactly equal to (5/8) / Number of Threads per Inch.]

The Single Depth of the screwthread is the measured-along-flank length of the screwthread times the Cosine of one-half of the V angle.

Ok, the arithmetic says you can combine the 5/8 and Cos (30 degree) factors to create a "magic number", but doing so is a BAD idea. It would be far better to learn the fundamental geometry of the Unified / ISO Metric threadform well enough that you can re-derive the equations whenever you need them.

That geometry really is pretty straight-forward, and once your understand it, the terms 5/8 and Cosine (30 degree) will come to mind far more readily and reliably than will magic numbers.

John
 
I'm the only right one here. I hardly ever calculate thread data. I cut threads until they look like a thread then gage them with the nut or male thread, mike them over wires, or thread mike them if they're in range of the thread mikes I have.

I also cut threads with the standard root flat P/4 to P/6) on the tool tip. Never cut threads with a pointy tool.

All the thread data and the NIST formulae it takes to derive it from scratch are in Machinery's Handbook.
 








 
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