nightjar cpb@ wrote:
"Steve Lupton" backwards.moc.liamg@pulevets wrote in message
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I had an idea for making it myself - what do you think about this?

Procure some square section bar the right size and run a die over each
end. I realise this will result in only the four corners being threaded -
do you think this could work?

If you mean an ordinary three-lobe button die, I very much doubt it. I can't
see three cutting edges and four corners mixing very well. A four-lobe die
might work, with a lot of care, but it would be much better to use a lathe
and turn the ends round first, or simply to use the lathe to cut the threads

Colin Bignell



Thanks everyone...

I think I'll take the broken bolt to a metalworker and see if they can
just make a similar replacement.