Thread: Another gunnadoitsomeday done!

Ian,

Well done - I too have copied your photos and have put it in my "Projects to copy" file!! Thank goodness there are others who have a 20+ yr plan for these types of projects!!.

Just a question about the wooden thread - did you make it with a tap and dye (like the ones Carba-Tec have) or another way - i.e. Beall tool company threader?

Thanks

Thornburn

Originally Posted by Thornburn

Ian,

Well done - I too have copied your photos and have put it in my "Projects to copy" file!! Thank goodness there are others who have a 20+ yr plan for these types of projects!!.

Just a question about the wooden thread - did you make it with a tap and dye (like the ones Carba-Tec have) or another way - i.e. Beall tool company threader?

Thanks

Thornburn

Thornburn - thanks. Yes, well, I'm old enough to be realistic about my schedules, these days. I have several other things that I plan to do "sumday", which may or may not get done before I'm too decrepit to shuffle to the shed. I also have several things like the saw vise that were made quickly to see if the concept worked ok, which I am still using 20 plus years down the track. "Sumday" I may get around to making the really fancy replacement I would like to leave to the grandchildren.

WRT the wooden screw, I have taps of various sizes, some bought, some home-made. The 1" tap used here was whipped up for me by a friend who is a dab hand on a metal lathe (which I am definitely not!). My threader works on the same principle as the Beall threader, but it's also home-made (very easy!). I described it in a longish post here a few years ago. Let's see if I can find it quickly......

Yep - what a marvel this BB is!

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...wooden+threads

There you go - if you need any more info, just ask.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by IanW

Peter - well, mine took about 20 years, so anything less than that is an improvement!

Mine was inspired by a picture of an old wooden vise I saw on some web page or other - I can't remember where. It just looked so elegantly simple I thought it worth a go. I'll attach the original picture - hope it won't infringe anyone's copyright, but it's worth looking at...

Cheers,

As long as the picture didn't come from Alice's site you should be OK

I to will add it to the ever growing list of onedayimgunnado projects.