Wow Vadim I am super glad others are now getting on board with this. Saves tons of plastic in the landfill too then. If you choose to do the meltdown. Yeah and the tap was not that expensive. The quality was awesome and I even think I will reorder another just to have a spare. Hey we have an abandoned house next door, maybe I could fire up that oven lol. Kind Regards,
Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 9:23 AM Vadim Sidelnikov <vsidelni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tim, looks great! I finally got my ACME screw tap in the mail, gotta go > pick up some Delrin or HDPE next. Or take Dan’s advice and bring all of my > saved up milk jugs to someone else’s wife’s house and use her oven. Any of > y’all want to volunteer yours? > > Happy Monday. > > - Vadim > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 7, 2022, at 6:59 AM, Dan Krager <cdkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > About two weeks ago (I think) I ordered the requisite tap and it should be > here tomorrow. I have no need to use it right away, but wanted to have it > as part of the system when the time comes. I have a stash of Delrin and > nylon blocks. > > Something I didn't know until I was 10 years ago old is that blow molded > milk jugs and some juice and detergent jugs are made from a form of HDPE. > Why is that useful? Well, the stuff has a very high flash point and can be > melted safely into a block in any household oven. It doesn't even smell a > lot. Then it can be sliced with a saw into needed sizes. It makes a very > slick saw or router fence surface. Or base plates for router, hand held > saws, etc. If you make jigs that fit the miter slot, use the plastic to be > the bar. > > Pro tip: don't use your wife's oven unless she's out of town for a bit. > Or use someone else's wife's oven. > DanK > On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 7:19:35 AM UTC-5 timjz...@gmail.com wrote: > >> you bet, I added a bit after the fact too. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Timothy J. Ziegler >> Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty >> 14171 160th Ave. >> Foreston MN 56330 >> >> 320-294-5798 <(320)%20294-5798> shop >> 320-630-2243 <(320)%20630-2243> cell >> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 6:03 AM Rick Hutley <rghu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Many thanks >>> >>> On Nov 7, 2022, at 06:55, Tim Ziegler <timjz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> 5/8 X 4 TPI >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Timothy J. Ziegler >>> Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty >>> 14171 160th Ave. >>> Foreston MN 56330 >>> >>> 320-294-5798 <(320)%20294-5798> shop >>> 320-630-2243 <(320)%20630-2243> cell >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 5:23 AM Rick Hutley <rghu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Excellent work! I can find ACME taps for sale but what size is needed? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Rick >>>> >>>> On Nov 6, 2022, at 21:56, timjz...@gmail.com <timjz...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well I finally took the time to make a couple of split nuts from a >>>> material >>>> referred to as HDPE, a self healing white plastic that actually drills >>>> and >>>> taps very nicely. >>>> I took all my measurements from an other split nut. and cut to a size >>>> the >>>> block I'd be using. I marked out and drilled the piece with a 11 mm >>>> Brad point >>>> bit. Then I put in vise and proceeded to tap the ACME thread. Going >>>> back and >>>> forth continually cleaning it out. >>>> Once I completed that I cut the block in 2 pieces on the scroll saw. >>>> I then marked the hole for the thumb screw and drilled with a 6.5 mm >>>> drill bit. >>>> Tapping then with a 5/16 course thread tap. >>>> During the drilling process I used the Rocker pen vise. >>>> To trim the Blocks to fit I used the Rockler Small Parts Jig to hold >>>> the block, >>>> and save the fingers. >>>> Overall I am super happy I took the time to make some and they fit >>>> perfect. >>>> there is NO play in that carriage now. Not sure how long they will >>>> last, but may >>>> make some with Delrin at some point too. >>>> See photos attached. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> Tim J Ziegler >>>> Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty >>>> Ziegler Laser Worx >>>> 14171 160th Ave. >>>> Foreston MN 56330 >>>> >>>> 320-294-5798 <(320)%20294-5798> shop >>>> 320-630-2243 <(320)%20630-2243> cell >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to legacy-ornamental...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/3f867fdb-b43a-49c7-a642-b5587d279ba6n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/3f867fdb-b43a-49c7-a642-b5587d279ba6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> [image: Tap used for S Nut.jpg][image: Split nut in use.jpg][image: >>>> Split nut in place.jpg][image: New split nut.jpg][image: Threads of >>>> Split nut.jpg][image: Tapping the split Nut.jpg] >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to legacy-ornamental...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/66B1071F-93A7-435B-A8D1-795CE84F0E32%40gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/66B1071F-93A7-435B-A8D1-795CE84F0E32%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to legacy-ornamental...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLE%2B7v-pJJe7WBwkm%2BDCCYv0uPJ%3DSD50JQ6Ja6rckb6H7w%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLE%2B7v-pJJe7WBwkm%2BDCCYv0uPJ%3DSD50JQ6Ja6rckb6H7w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/legacy-ornamental-mills/nTx_5mX8quY/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> legacy-ornamental...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/A8DD4714-8B80-43C6-A64F-261D7E5E74C3%40gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/A8DD4714-8B80-43C6-A64F-261D7E5E74C3%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/ebf9c7e9-f090-44d9-b6b0-9a34b6857270n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/ebf9c7e9-f090-44d9-b6b0-9a34b6857270n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/8D6D1046-F08C-48FA-8BC1-93B69F6C8817%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/8D6D1046-F08C-48FA-8BC1-93B69F6C8817%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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