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TTIT
20th January 2007, 12:48 AM
I have the Sorby hollower (RS200 or something I think!!), and the bolts that hold the cutters on were getting a bit sloppy on the allen key from over-use. I don't know what thread they are bit it's an odd one and I couldn't got any replacements locally or from the supplier who was waiting on MIK for them. Even the allen key was an odd size that I had to make my own T-bar to fit. Because the screws appeared to have the same number of threads per inch as M5 but a smaller diameter, after a bit of umming and ahhing, I bit the bullet and ran a 5mm tap through the tool. Should have done it years ago!:doh: Very easy cutting and left a very tidy M5 thread. M5 screws fit through the cutters with no mods and thankfully have 3mm allen heads. Now I only have to have one 3mm T-bar around as everything else including the screws that hold my chuck jaws on is 3mm allen head too.:U

tashammer
20th January 2007, 01:11 AM
Good on yer :-)

i wonder who has some recipes for printing inks (the computer printer). Hmm i wonder if they would be ok on wood?

joe greiner
20th January 2007, 05:08 AM
Might have been Imperial screw, but I can't figure which would be a close match. Whatever. As long as it works, perfect enough.

Tashammer, if you don't mind only black, you can transfer laser print to wood with a clothes iron. Just make sure SWMBO is absent for a while. A friend of mine gets unlimited grief when he washes car parts in the kitchen sink. See http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=42895, post #12. Might work for inkjet in color, but I haven't tried it.

Joe

DavidG
20th January 2007, 08:16 AM
Was 3/16" imperial thread.

Gil Jones
20th January 2007, 12:59 PM
Maybe is a Whitworth thread.
http://www.boltscience.com/pages/screw4.htm

[or maybe British Standard Fine (BSF) or Cycle Engineers' Institute (CEI)]

joe greiner
20th January 2007, 11:50 PM
Wonderful thing about standards: There are so many to choose from.:D

Joe

DavidG
21st January 2007, 01:00 PM
Wonderful thing about standards: There are so many to choose from.:D

Joe
Then there is Microsoft :C

rsser
21st January 2007, 05:18 PM
Nice one Vern.

Got one of those whatsits and am getting sick of keeping that odd allen key handy.

TTIT
21st January 2007, 11:15 PM
Maybe is a Whitworth thread.
http://www.boltscience.com/pages/screw4.htm

[or maybe British Standard Fine (BSF) or Cycle Engineers' Institute (CEI)]Too fine for Whitworth Gil - maybe BSF - doesn't really matter now [shrug]


Nice one Vern.

Got one of those whatsits and am getting sick of keeping that odd allen key handy.If it helped just one forumite, it was worth posting!:U

JackoH
22nd January 2007, 08:51 AM
Try www.thewoodsmith.com.au He's into Sorby stuff. In Victoria but it wouldn't cost much to mail a couple of screws.