[TheForge] tapping wood threads on metal

Sun Mar 31 10:24:01 2002

You misunderstand, my son............I need to be able to impart a thread on
a forged eye bolt that will thread into a wooden beam.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: Roy Wilson <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] tapping wood threads on metal

> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 07:29:36 -0500, Chris Caswell wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know of a source for a die that can tap wood threads on metal
> >stock?
>
>   No, but...  Why?  Wood screws work on a different holding
> principle than metal screws.  You're not going to get much in the
> way of binding force by threading them into metal.  The thread
> design relies on compression of the wood fiber into the channel and
> the faces of the ramp to hold.
>
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