Second that, Clark! "Walker" is a great book but not quite correctly named.
From the standpoint of my limited machining experience, he covers a lot more
than fundamentals. Great book.

Bob Swinney
"Clark Magnuson" wrote in message
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I just made female threads on the lathe for the first time.
I used a boring bar with a 60 degree bit that I ground.

I have a book "Machining Fundamentals" by John R. Walker that explains how
to grind the bits and operate the lathe to make the cuts.

I ignored the book and made some on my own, but I got left hand threads.
It is easier to just follow the directions.


Grady wrote:

Anybody got a link to a good thread cutting tutorial? Also, when machining
both the male and female items to be threaded, how much clearance do you
allow to start with between the two?



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