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3rd September 2008, 11:57 PM #1
Thread Chasing tool
Hi Everyone in the Box Making Forum,
I am trying this forum as it seems to be a box making thing. I have been offered $80 for this tool. Can't find anything about it. It this a reasonable price?
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4th September 2008, 01:52 AM #2
If you don't know what it is, and you have no use for it then it sounds an ok price. Better than letting the kids sell it when you're gone.
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4th September 2008, 02:41 AM #3
Why do you think it is a box-making thing? I have only heard of threads being "chased" when they are being cut into metal. Before you accept the offer, why not ask in the Metalworking Forum? Also, it looks a bit like it is an accessory to something else that it screws onto - is that possible?
Finally (for now), does it have any makers name or other identifying markings?Cheers
Jeremy
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly
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4th September 2008, 10:13 AM #4
That is true Prozac
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4th September 2008, 10:23 AM #5
Hi Jeremy,
Dad used this tool to make threads on timber boxes which had screw tops, He attached it to his lathe when he used it. I have googled but only come up with hand tools to do this job. Good thought I will post on the metal work forum.
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4th September 2008, 10:31 AM #6
Thread Chasing tool
Hi Everyone in the Metalwork Forum,
I am trying this forum as it seems the box making forum is not the place to ask this question. Pictured is one of Dad's old tools which he used to chase threads for timber screw top boxes. I have been offered $80 for this tool. Can't find anything about it. It this a reasonable price?
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4th September 2008, 10:58 AM #7
Doesn't look like you are being flooded with offers for this, so perhaps it is wise to take the offer whilst it still stands?
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4th September 2008, 11:24 AM #8
Post it in the wood turning section too.
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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4th September 2008, 07:22 PM #9
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4th September 2008, 07:24 PM #10
You should be able to get more than that from the right buyer. Google [woodturning "threading jig"] for some possibilities. IIRC, some commercial versions, such as yours, go for well above several hundred dollars. At such a price point, many folks choose to build their own.
I suggest you also post in the Woodturning-General forum, and/or Woodturning-Ornamental.
[Oh, I see you did.]
Ya beat me to it, Michael.
JoeLast edited by joe greiner; 4th September 2008 at 07:26 PM. Reason: [added]
Of course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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4th September 2008, 11:40 PM #11
Thanks Cliff,
I have tried that but it remains a puzzle.
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4th September 2008, 11:41 PM #12
Hi Big Shed,
I agree. It just would have been nice to know a bit more about it.
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5th September 2008, 04:48 PM #13
I have no idea how this thing works or what it does .
But looks more like a a device to offset the centre spindle, maybe for taper turning spindles .
Can you describe how your Dad used it? Might give some idea to someone what its for?
Kev."Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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5th September 2008, 04:52 PM #14
Wood-duck, the thing is a thread "Maker" not a "Chaser".
It is mounted on the lathe bed and the Box to be threaded is mounted via a face plate with the opening to be threaded facing the headstock.
There should be a cutter on a shaft that is fitted to the headstock and the box is fed into the cutter using the handle on the other end, after carefully adjusting the box sideways so the thread is cut in the right spot. It will give you the same thread as the thread on the tool.
I am having trouble finding the words to describe the operation , but rest assured this is a mighty good tool, but unless you are a woodturner it is of no use to you. I would think $80 is a reasonable price as long as the cutter and some sort of attaching device is included. I hope this helps.
Cheers Steven.The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
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5th September 2008, 05:43 PM #15prozac
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