[TheForge] Re: flypress

[Mike Spencer]

DaveSmucker> All of the flypress I have seen that are currently being
DaveSmucker> imported have a multi thread (4) and a course pitch.

Meaning 4 threads of the same pitch and diameter?  Interesting but
doesn't sound as handy as the old Brit one I saw.

me>  http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/nut.html

DaveSmucker> Then seem to work well but advance at only one speed.  If
DaveSmucker> you can find a used British flypress I think it would
DaveSmucker> have the nut you describe

The one in the photo and on which the dwg is based was in an
architectural ceramics factory that had been, in 1980, already
years out of business.  It had been used to press damp clay powder
into molds for tiles and similar pieces.  So yes, it was British and
probably fairly old.

I haven't seen any of the new ones myself.

- Mike

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