"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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(Volker Borchert) on 16 Mar 2017 21:03:08
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Larry Jaques wrote:
pyotr filipivich wrote:

B) anyone know where I can get some for 3/8' threaded
stock?

Zero carries it, well, the smaller stuff. I've bought 6' sticks of
allthread in 1/4, 5/16, and 3/8".

Maybe so, but pyotr asked for 3/8', not 3/8".

Hmm, so I did. That would - heck with a foot long piece of 4.5
inch diameter stock, I could just use it as a weight to hold it in
place.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

I found that 3/4" - 10 threaded rod was the biggest I could easily
deal with, the limit being tapping holes in 1/2" steel. I start the
tap straight in the just-drilled hole with a spring loaded center in
the mill spindle to align it. The Clausing mill's throat clearance
limits how large a two-handled (balanced force) tap wrench I can use.
An open end wrench would twist the big tap out of the spring center or
bend it.

I made over a dozen 3/4"-10 jackscrews with swivelling feet on the
bottom and 9/16" hex heads milled on the top to level my sawmill.

It might have been easier with a new tap instead of an old one I
resharpened by hand.
-jsw