AdventiveIowa
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I started turning the section of my pen the other day, and accidentally cut the section off before I was done with it (radial vs diametric dimensions got the better of me). Nonplussed, I grabbed the little piece, turned down the tenon, and threaded the outside. I then flipped it around to shape it and drill out the inside for the nib unit, and realized it wasn't straight. I had made a tool that was just a piece with a threaded hole to hold the threaded tenon, so when I screwed it in I realized it was not straight at all. Hoping it would all work out, I re-finished the surface and turned it down to the taper I wanted, and called it a day.
The exterior of it looks fine, but the hole that's supposed to go right down the middle is not straight. I feel like my mistake was when I threaded the tenon (although I think it's also possible I mounted the little piece cockeyed after I broke it off to start with).
My process of threading was keeping the piece in the lathe and turning manually, while holding the die in a manual die holder. This feels imprecise, and I want a better way to hold it, but I don't think I have anything that attaches to the lathe itself. Does anyone have any tips on how to ensure a straight thread?
Pics tomorrow, I don't have the piece in front of me.
-Hank
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The exterior of it looks fine, but the hole that's supposed to go right down the middle is not straight. I feel like my mistake was when I threaded the tenon (although I think it's also possible I mounted the little piece cockeyed after I broke it off to start with).
My process of threading was keeping the piece in the lathe and turning manually, while holding the die in a manual die holder. This feels imprecise, and I want a better way to hold it, but I don't think I have anything that attaches to the lathe itself. Does anyone have any tips on how to ensure a straight thread?
Pics tomorrow, I don't have the piece in front of me.
-Hank
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk