einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 25 days agoHedonic Threadmillsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13
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minus-squarehOrni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·25 days agoIt’s a thread mill, not a tap, the grooves are horizontal. It technically is possible to cut an external thread with a tap.
minus-squareMML@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·25 days agoWell TIL, not a machinist so I’ve only ever really used taps and dies.
minus-squarehOrni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-224 days agoI am, and I rarely can add anything to the conversation, so thanks for the opportunity.
minus-squaredanekrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoI once made worm gears using a M10x1 tap in a manual lathe.
It’s a thread mill, not a tap, the grooves are horizontal. It technically is possible to cut an external thread with a tap.
Well TIL, not a machinist so I’ve only ever really used taps and dies.
I am, and I rarely can add anything to the conversation, so thanks for the opportunity.
Can you add a chamfer?
I once made worm gears using a M10x1 tap in a manual lathe.