On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 at 22:40, andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For internal threads I usually use tig wire. Most machine shops have a tig > welder and you can bend that and stick it in the bore to measure the > threads. I forgot that I had that in the workshop. Though I am not sure that I have anything big enough for 6 TPI (needs to be about 3mm) I probably should have written the article more carefully. What I was really trying to push was the idea of using CAD to do the calcs, and the modelling of the insert shape in that CAD. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
