Today we’re finishing up the tailstock threading die holder for the lathe. This is part 2.
We have some projects coming up that will involve small external threads, and using threading dies will be a lot easier than single-pointing all of the threads.
If you’d like to build one yourself, drawings are here:
Tailstock Die Holder Drawing v3Here are some of the tools used:
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