On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:18:46 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Friday, September 13, 2013 9:43:37 AM UTC-4, Ed Huntress wrote:




One more thing: If you're going to chuck the threaded end of a screw

in a drill (or lathe) chuck, wrap wire around the threads to protect

them. Ordinary copper or steel wire will do.

Ed Huntress

Good idea, I will have to try that. I usually just thread on three or four nuts and tighten at least two against each other.

Dan

It's one of the few very good machining ideas I've ever had, so I
promote it as often as I can. d8-)

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Ed Huntress