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Michael A. Terrell Michael A. Terrell is offline
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Default No machinists here anymore?


Robert Nichols wrote:

On 10/17/2011 08:34 AM, Jimmy Suarez wrote:
? My next question is how do
? you thread a square rod without breaking the die?

Thread the rod while it's round and then mill the sides flat?



Thread it on a lathe, with shallow cuts.


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