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Karl Townsend Karl Townsend is offline
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Default CNC tap in collet

On Fri, 04 May 2012 10:59:33 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Jon Elson fired this volley in
m:

Thread milling is an awesome process, and great for things
you don't need a lot of.


It really is. In fact, I'd call it almost "fun".

I made my own tool from a single-point internal threading bar. It wasn't
perfect, but it did a satisfactory job. If I ever have need of the process
again, I'll buy the right tool.

LLoyd


This looks like my kind a deal, I'll start surfing fleabay for carbide
threading bars

Karl