[TheForge] bolt thread repair tool

[Bruce .]

Well, two reasons.  Because you can.  And because filing threads can be a
drag.

The post vise bolt I fixed with a triangular file was bent and miserable.
I tried chucking it into the lathe, but it was far too bent for that.  I
did spin it slowly in the lathe while using the triangular file -- that
worked nicely.



Bruce
NJ

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <
artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:

> I can imagine that if you have an extra tubing cutter, you could regrind
> the axle so as you rotate it it would conform to different thread pitches,
> and you could regrind the blade to the 60*(?) thread angle required,
> though it doesn’t resolve parallel tracking problems entirely.
> But why?
>
> On Feb 22, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder whether a tubing cutter or pipe cutter would do the same.  Might
> have to re-mount the cutting roller on a smaller pin so it can rotate
> slightly off-axis.  I'll have to give it a try.
>
> I don't have much use for it, but I did have to clean up the pivot bolt on
> an old leg vise a few months ago and it might have come in handy for that.
> I used a triangular file, which worked.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Rob Fertner <rfertner at cox.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > I've mentioned this website before. They've recently posted about a tool
> > that may save the threads on a bolt. This may come in handy with old
> stuff
> > you're repairing and you don't want modern looking bolts to spoil the
> look.
> >
> > http://toolguyd.com/threadmate-tools-repair-just-about-any-threads/
> >
> > Rob
> > Wichita, KS
> >
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