IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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Had a bit of time today and decided to make a captured nut puzzle. It is so funny when people try to figure out how I got the nut on there. Pretty simple, fun little lathe project.
Lathey day fun project
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Had a bit of time today and decided to make a captured nut puzzle. It is so funny when people try to figure out how I got the nut on there. Pretty simple, fun little lathe project.
Jeff Michel
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Nice finish, what type of steel?
IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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Thanks! It is 1144.
IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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Thank you! I did not make the nut. If I had a mill I would have lol.
You inspired me to try something new. I had never single point cut internal threads. I have been wanting to make a little screw top container for a while but was not sure how to calculate the proper ID before threading. I was also a bit unsure of grinding an HSS internal threading tool.
Started 2 1/2 hours ago. Ground an internal threading tool, and made this from a 1.5 inch round of 6061 aluminum I had on hand.
You can see the scar left in the lid from the threading tool due to the one pass where I didn't stop in time.
This was a huge learning experience for me. A huge confidence booster too. These little projects seem silly at times but they do teach the proper use of the various tools.
Started 2 1/2 hours ago. Ground an internal threading tool, and made this from a 1.5 inch round of 6061 aluminum I had on hand.
You can see the scar left in the lid from the threading tool due to the one pass where I didn't stop in time.
This was a huge learning experience for me. A huge confidence booster too. These little projects seem silly at times but they do teach the proper use of the various tools.
There is but I decided to try it the hard way! Last thing I wanted to do was cut left hand threads and bore the lathe with a bunch of profanity. Trust me, I have cussed up a blue streak at the lathe and it never listens or seems to care.
What I need to get better at is visualizing the cuts and the process. That makes a huge difference.
Maybe Smokeywolf will chime in on this. I think that the tool upside down on the far side needs the lathe runnng forward to cut right hand threads. Seems logical to me that an upside down tool on the near side run in reverse would also cut right hand threads? That would require a different tool to be ground as it would need the threading point on the opposite side of the tool.
I see more learning cuts being made soon.
What I need to get better at is visualizing the cuts and the process. That makes a huge difference.
Maybe Smokeywolf will chime in on this. I think that the tool upside down on the far side needs the lathe runnng forward to cut right hand threads. Seems logical to me that an upside down tool on the near side run in reverse would also cut right hand threads? That would require a different tool to be ground as it would need the threading point on the opposite side of the tool.
I see more learning cuts being made soon.
williamwaco
Active Member
You guys are embarrassing me.
I can't drive a nail straight.
I can't drive a nail straight.
I have no drill press or plasma cutter. Never welded in my life, but would like to learn.
I do have a lathe and hope to get a mill soon. Never ran a lathe before I got this one. Learned a bunch in the past year.
Cherokee, look on YouTube. Search for tubalcain. He has some good videos on threading, and lots of other stuff too. I found videos like those to be a huge help in learning how to do stuff.
I do have a lathe and hope to get a mill soon. Never ran a lathe before I got this one. Learned a bunch in the past year.
Cherokee, look on YouTube. Search for tubalcain. He has some good videos on threading, and lots of other stuff too. I found videos like those to be a huge help in learning how to do stuff.
IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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Brad those threads look great! Internal threading can be intimidating until you do it. I don't think it is much harder than external. I have another project I did last night and will post pictures along with a rough sketch of a plan.
Ian
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I've watched about 40 or 50 Tubalcain videos, stumbled on his stuff by accident while looking up something about double-start threads cutting NPT threads on a lathe and have been back many times to view his fascinating and entertaining videos. Eventually I'll watch them all even if I never get a lathe.
Brad, I have MiG, TiG, Stick, and Cobra gas welders, cutting torches, chop saw, grinders, files and cards, drill press, big hammers, and an anvil but no lathe or mill. Too bad I live on the far side of Texas from you.
Brad, I have MiG, TiG, Stick, and Cobra gas welders, cutting torches, chop saw, grinders, files and cards, drill press, big hammers, and an anvil but no lathe or mill. Too bad I live on the far side of Texas from you.
IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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The more threads per inch the slower the feed. I made an ER 40 collet chuck that has 8 tpi internal thread and even with my rpms set as slow as it would go it still moved along pretty well. Not to mention it was up to a shoulder too lol.
IllinoisCoyoteHunter
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Brad are you gonna put an oring on that container to make it watertight?
No o ring. This was a test of abilities more than anything.
Right now it is in a box, wrapped for my wife for Christmas. One of her gifts fit inside of the container quite well. That was sort of the purpose for making one today.
Yeah, lower pitch threads do move the carriage along quite smartly. That is the advantage to 28 TPI for this, lots of time to stop the motion. I tried cutting 14 TPI once at 400 rpm or so, not such a good idea. Talk about needing to be quick on the lever! I was so worried over cutting this close to a should that I ran the lathe at 100 rpm.
Right now it is in a box, wrapped for my wife for Christmas. One of her gifts fit inside of the container quite well. That was sort of the purpose for making one today.
Yeah, lower pitch threads do move the carriage along quite smartly. That is the advantage to 28 TPI for this, lots of time to stop the motion. I tried cutting 14 TPI once at 400 rpm or so, not such a good idea. Talk about needing to be quick on the lever! I was so worried over cutting this close to a should that I ran the lathe at 100 rpm.