Thread: 1/2 X 8TPI Acme
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Default 1/2 X 8TPI Acme

Sometime in the future I will need to make a new crossfeed nut for my
old Sheldon lathe. Didn't seem like a big deal until I realized that
duplex taps are not available in 1/2"X8tpi Acme.Y'all have any
suggestions? I really don't want to have to grind a tool to cut Acme
threads that small. I think I'd farm the job of making the nut out
instead if that was the only way. I could convert to 1/2"X10tpi but
I'd have to make a new dial graduated to suit as well