According to Gerald Miller :
On 19 Sep 2005 21:39:56 GMT, (DoN. Nichols)
wrote:



If you're very careful with lots of rocking to and fro, you can force
a 6-32 die onto 1/8" brass (I've done it), but it's highly likely
that you'll just shear the rod off. in the tap.

You mean "in the die"?

If you've got a lathe, I would suggest turning the 1/8" brass
down to 0.138" for the threads, plus a very short area down to 0.107" to
help start the die straight.

Good Luck,
DoN.
I would like to have this kind of lathe to fix some of my "oops cuts"

You mean you haven't learned why lathes can run in reverse? :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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