OR use a tail stock die holder. Even if you just remove the tail center
and hod the die in a stock and use the flat face of the TS ram to position
and hold the die against the work, you should get fairly close to a true
thread. Other advise about opening the width of an adjustable die and
tapering end of stock also good.


On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:12:22 -0700, "Harold and Susan Vordos"
wrote:

Best bet is to use a lathe and chase the thread, even if you use a die to
take it to size after roughing it oversized.. By roughing with a lathe
(single point threading), the thread will be at right angles to the
material, so the die will follow and yield a somewhat better thread than if
you used the die alone.