[TheForge] tapping wood threads on metal

Sun Mar 31 10:26:01 2002

I am looking to cut a wood screw thread on a metal eyebolt so that it can be
threaded into a wooden beam!
Thanks for all the answers!

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Rathburn <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] tapping wood threads on metal

> 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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