Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Leon Fisk Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Mill parts Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:45:27 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:45:28 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bfe734a167fe54a53a6eb01920b39339"; logging-data="113994"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+WYY3mhzAyakq5ed+MhFlK" Cancel-Lock: sha1:qvHJbSl+HfUu/0wZ9KOr3zBJF8w= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Bytes: 1549 On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:25:37 -0600 Snag wrote: >Yup , that's what it looks like . But I don't know what pitch the >threads are ... They don't all use 8 TPI , some use 10 . Guessing by the part Description Size "TM23.7-10" it's likely to be 10 TPI. Of course that 10 could be meant as Metric I suppose. No clue as to how Metric is specified in relation to our TPI meaning... Just an off the wall thought... could you use Babbit and a home brew mold to catch the pour for a shape you could use? -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI