Wood threads

[IanW]

And Richard, to answer your question on the source for a suitable router bit:

The only source I know of is LV. The bit in the Beall threading kit is available separately - bit exy at 23.50 US$, (like the rest of the Beall stuff) but it is carbide & will cut a mile or two of thread for you. Look here:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...91&cat=1,43000

I have occasionally seen 60 degree 'veining' bits at woodshows, but can't remember who had them - possibly Carbitool.
Alternatively, you can take an old or busted 1/4" drill & regrind it to a 60 degree point. This works fine, that's all I had when I started out, but it dulls quickly in hard siliceous woods & you will need to sharpen it after each run. The angle is quite easy to grind by eye - a degree or two either way of a perfect 60 is neither here nor there in this application.

Cheers,

[hcim]

Great thread - no pun intended... honest.

I've been following this one because I want to put a wooden vice on the end of my bench, but I've come across two major problems. First I don't have a lathe, or money or time to set one up, so I need to work out a way to do blanks, second I don't want to spend hundreds on thread boxes or router kits.

So first question, Shippers, the turning jig you made, is that like a lathe, but smaller? So you use that to turn the blank?

Fantastic thread !!!

On his book Router Magic, Bill Hylton called the jig as Dowel-Turning Jig. I guess I'll make one before proceeding with wood threading.






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FYI, from the last chapter of the book, here's the picture of an actual Router LATHE....,
I wonder whether it might be used for wood threading

..... I found the instruction videos on Beall really useful in explaining how to adjust the router to get the bit deep enough and in the right place. It really helped seeing him setting it up to understand what you and IanW are talking about.

Rhancock, would you please post the link for the instruction video ?

SHIPPERS, IanW and everyone...., Thanks for the great thread on Wood Threading

[rhancock]

Fantastic thread !!!
Rhancock, would you please post the link for the instruction video ?
SHIPPERS, IanW and everyone...., Thanks for the great thread on Wood Threading

http://www.bealltool.com/instructions.php

Love the pictures of the router lathe

[skywarka]

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