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On Sunday, September 8, 2013 2:35:56 AM UTC-4, Howard Beal wrote:


A common internal thread, drilled so that it results in 50% of full thread

will break the external thread, before the internal thread will strip.



Best Regards

Tom.


If I recall correctly that is true for holes that the engagement length is at least as long as the diameter.

Dan