"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...

Mcmaster has hex nuts up to 3 1/2 - 4. A hundred and a half each,
though...

How long would it take you to make one?

I cut a 3/4"-5 Acme male broom thread in aluminum nearly complete in
one pass when I misread the dial. I had to release the tumbler lever
and adjust the bit sideways to clean up where the metal chipped out of
the surface.

-jsw