On Monday, October 19, 2020 at 10:28:13 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:48:39 -0700 (PDT), Sonny
wrote:

On Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 1:52:49 PM UTC-5, J. Clarke wrote:



Or they find another option. For that amount of money I'd have been
tempted to go with a lathe.


Another option: I had asked a machinist if he could make the threads. He thought he could, for $50 a nut. I need 2 nuts.

I have a basic 1950s Craftsman lathe, but it isn't for thread making. Don't know if it can be modified for threading. I don't want another big tool as that, besides, I'm not that confident a turner at all.

I've seen wood lathe tools, from Sorby, intended for cutting threads.
They would only do the bolt (male) side, I think.

Lake Erie Toolworks has the parts, but the wrong size for my tables. I'd have to modify parts of the tables for the Erie parts to fit. Altogether cheaper, but I wanted to maintain the tables originality. I simply got a bit frustrated with finding an alternative I was comfortable with (lots of "make your own threads" videos.... how, what to choose), so I bit the bullet and bought the Dieter Schmid tool.
https://www.lakeerietoolworks.com/co...ise-screw-kits

Sonny