Thread Cutting on the Lathe, Part Two - Grinding the Tool
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This episode applies concepts covered in the first video to grinding a tool.

Tom



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Excellent stuff! ApplaudApplaud Applaud
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Thanks Andy, hopefully they help out.

Although you are no doubt waiting for the metric version. Drool

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Great video Tom. You've inspired me to pay attention to the clearance angles and flat , rather than my usual that looks good enough. With a calibrated eye ball of course.
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Thanks Greg.

Clearance angles on a V thread normally are good enough, but the flat requires close attention.

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That was very nicely shown - excellent video ThumbsupSmiley-signs107
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Tom,

I SO much prefer your videos over the BoobleCain ones. I find that guy to be so annoying, and often WRONG.

Now a question: A 1/32" flat on the tip of the tool would be for a 4 TPI thread. Is that what you are making for a thread with that tool?

The formula for the flat at the root of an ANSI "UN" thread is .125 x P, or at least that what I've always used.

Here's an online calculator which seems to use a tolerance on that root flat of external threads, showing .1875 x P to (my recommendation of) .125 x P.

http://theoreticalmachinist.com/Threads_...erial.aspx
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Hey Ken,

The flat should have been 1/8 pitch not 1/4 pitch. I thought it looked a bit large when I made the tool. Now how to edit the video...

Thanks for catching the error.

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The new video is up and as an added bonus it's now available in HD. The mistake is corrected, now if I could just do something about the narrator.Smiley-think005

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why is it that the inserts that I have, have no flat on the point.

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