On Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:31:14 pm Mark Wendt did opine: > On 07/21/2010 11:56 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: > > Given a 12mm / 1/2" thick aluminium / aluminum disc / disk of 80mm / > > pi" diameter with a thread on the entire cylindrical circumference, > > how best to lock the thread in place in a way that can be easily > > reversed and which will not damage the threads in such as way as to > > inhibit dismantlement? > > > > Ideas I have include a sort-of tangential saw cut through a > > part-threaded (with a taper / first tap) hole with a grub screw / > > setscrew in it (winding the screw into the unthreaded part pushes the > > slit open, locking the thread), A saw-cut in the plane of the disc / > > disk with a screw to locally squeeze or stretch the thread pitch to > > lock it, and a variant of the first idea where a wedge of the disc is > > cut out after the hole is part-threaded (possibly located with > > half-and-half roll pins). > > > > Any other ideas, or approaches that anyone has seen? > > Loctite? > > Mark
I thought of that Mark, but most of that stuff takes 425+F to soften it for later dis-assembly. Can the rest of the stuff tolerate about 475F for long enough to take it apart, Andy? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) prairies, n.: Vast plains covered by treeless forests. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users