Alrighty, I was going pretty hard at trying to make thread a couple months back but then I realized that I had a ton of slop in my compound screw assy. I ended up getting a new screw and nut and then realized I also had wear at the handle end and the collar. I thought if i could only find some precision washers I could take out the play. I came across "arbor shims" that gave me hope but then I found "ring shims" at good ole McMaster Carr!
I needed about .012 to make it work but I stuffed 2 .010 thickness ones in there and snugged it down and I am in business.
Here you can see where I put them. Hard to notice but between the handle and the graduated dial.
So my thread progression had me pretty angry because I was sure I was doing everything right but terrible results as the compound would jump or bounce back from all the slop but with new tolerance it's good.
My plan was to try a 3/4-10 thread since I had some threaded rod and a couple nuts to refer to.
I used the Aloris CXA8 and provided cutter
There was a bit of tearing if I took too big of a cut. Truth be told I have no idea what the metal is that I am using either. I grabbed a stack of smooth dowell rebars for concrete slabs that are .75 dia by 18" long to practice on. So I am hoping that with better material I can control the surface a little better.
Heres a good shot of the attempts (Right to Left) and the goal and good one I made with the silver nut on it. Blue nut on far left is standard threaded rod
I needed about .012 to make it work but I stuffed 2 .010 thickness ones in there and snugged it down and I am in business.
Here you can see where I put them. Hard to notice but between the handle and the graduated dial.
So my thread progression had me pretty angry because I was sure I was doing everything right but terrible results as the compound would jump or bounce back from all the slop but with new tolerance it's good.
My plan was to try a 3/4-10 thread since I had some threaded rod and a couple nuts to refer to.
I used the Aloris CXA8 and provided cutter
There was a bit of tearing if I took too big of a cut. Truth be told I have no idea what the metal is that I am using either. I grabbed a stack of smooth dowell rebars for concrete slabs that are .75 dia by 18" long to practice on. So I am hoping that with better material I can control the surface a little better.
Heres a good shot of the attempts (Right to Left) and the goal and good one I made with the silver nut on it. Blue nut on far left is standard threaded rod