[TheForge] tapping wood threads on metal

Sat Mar 30 12:02:57 2002

Chris
Are you wanting to make a wood screw like the wood screws we buy at a
hardware store or do you want to match the treads of a screw made of wood
that would fit into a tapped wood block?

Dan Rathburn
Elgin, IL USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Caswell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 6:29 AM
Subject: [TheForge] tapping wood threads on metal

> Does anyone know of a source for a die that can tap wood threads on metal
> stock?  Yesterday I tried to make my own by making a spring die with the
> impression of a 5/16" wood thread..............the impression on the die
> seems okay,  but when I tried to forge a thread on a piece of 5/16 round
> stock it resulted in a oval piece with not very distinct threads. (too
much
> material?)
>
> Thank you
>
> Chris Caswell
> Caswell Wood & Iron
>
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