Grunff wrote:
Matty F wrote:
What is the recommended way to hold threaded galvanised steel rod in
a vise so that the thread is not damaged?
The rod needs to be cut with a hacksaw. Actually it will be cut in a
metal bandsaw, but it's the same question as the bandsaw also has a
vise.

I believe I have invented the best way, but I was wondering if there
was a "proper" way that a perfectionist engineer might use.


You just puts nuts on it, and clamp the nuts. You need enough clamping
force to slightly deform the nuts, so they grip the rod and stop it
from turning as you saw.

My early days in the engineering shop was a block of 1" metal with two nuts
either side to lock it into position of the 1" block.
The problem with just the two nuts is the nuts dont always end up with
their flat edge faces.

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite