BRuce states:


the taps work just fine right out of the box. I did a short test bolt
and a "pine nut" that I keep on my desk at work as a conversation piece.
the concept of wooden threads seems to elude most people almost as if
there never was anything not made of metal!

Odd, considering that push broom handles were wood screw ends into wood threads
until just recently.

Charlie Self
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