john lucas
AAW Forum Expert
Well this isn't the way I would do it but it seems to work.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h68GnZNvcA
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A different take on thread chasing
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That Forstner bit costs as much as a pair of old used chasers from England Ebay. Wonder how he did the female thread?
john lucas
AAW Forum Expert
Apparently the female thread is much much larger. The you dont have to worry about the fit.
What I don't understand is why he used a forstner bit since they are normally made of unhardened carbon steel so an old bench chisel would seam to be a better choice.
The forstner doesn't fit in the nut...
He may have used an ordinary machinists tap for the nut.