Timebandit
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In need of some help. As most of you know i have been doing the kitless thing lately and i have something in the works. I was trying to thread some Bakelite yesterday with my 10x1mm die trying to make a front section and very easily cracked the tenon cutting the threads. I turned the cap first and taped it with the same size and it tapped perfectly. I made my tenon between 9.8 and 9.6mm so it was undersized to give me a little clearance and still cracked the threads.The Bakelite has aged a little bit and has a little bit of yellowing so is could just be that it is really brittle. It did want to chip out a lot while turning the cap. Everything else i have threaded with this die cut fine as these same dimensions.
Any tips from you guys? Anyone have experience threading Bakelite? I remember skip saying the other day that he heats some resins up in a glass of hot water. Im wondering if this would help with this Bakelite. In wondering if the best way to cut the threads would be to machine them on a metal lathe so i could take really small passes and sneak up on the thread depth.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Justin
Any tips from you guys? Anyone have experience threading Bakelite? I remember skip saying the other day that he heats some resins up in a glass of hot water. Im wondering if this would help with this Bakelite. In wondering if the best way to cut the threads would be to machine them on a metal lathe so i could take really small passes and sneak up on the thread depth.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Justin