"Matty F" wrote in message
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mrcheerful wrote:

In view of the high volume, you need something faster than winding nuts on.

For a volume job like this I would use two nuts cut in half that are welded
to disposable vice jaws, that way you have a fast way to clamp without
damage to the threads, you would also be likely to incorporate a length stop
at the same time.

Yes that sounds the best method yet. Except that we seldom have such a
large run, and making such a device for each size and type of rod that
we use, and finding them again a year later would be a problem. Whereas
I can easily cut another couple of nuts.
The rods need to be only 2 inches long, and it was quite quick to just
slacken the vise and screw the rod along a couple of inches. Having a
length stop risks jamming the bandsaw blade when the cut piece of rod
falls off. I'd need to have a length stop that swings out of the way.


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Are you sure you're not being too meticulous on this particular job? A 5/8"
galvanised thread isn't likely to be a very fine thread and if your bandsaw is
properly set up it will give good square cut ends on 2" lengths which won't
produce much 'chatter' when the rod is held very lightly in a 4" or 6" vice.

Try a few cuts with the rod held lightly in the vice whilst holding the
projecting rod (opposite end to the cut-off end) with your gloved hands. You
will probably have to put nuts on to raw ends in any case so you might as well
try the quick way which has worked for me whenever I've cut threaded rod on my
bandsaw.

Cic.

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