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Chasing thread chasers

I bought the baxter thread master about a year ago. It took around 6 months to get it, due to lots of problems at his shop. Now it sits on the shelf because I have yet again lost intrest. Some day I'll get it going. Wish he had some instructional videos out.
 
John Hicks said:
I bought the baxter thread master about a year ago. It took around 6 months to get it, due to lots of problems at his shop. Now it sits on the shelf because I have yet again lost intrest. Some day I'll get it going. Wish he had some instructional videos out.
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Sorry it took so long to get - I've had to wait on things before, not because of problems but because the one person making everything stays busy.

I understand that many prefer videos to get started, but the Baxter is so simple I don't think videos would mater much. I did have a second lathe set up with just the Baxter so maybe that made things easier.

I just turned some inside and outside things, set up the Baxter, and experimented with making threads. With the first book I mentioned earlier in post #16 I got all the dimensions and things I needed to start making boxes with threaded lids. The first three I did are pictured in post #39, from B&W Ebony. I DID draw careful diagrams at a large scale so I'd understand the dimensions and where the flats needed to be to preventing binding.

I'd say start with some experiments. It might all be easier than imagined.

JKJ
 
John as JKJ stated it is very easy, the only thing you have to know is that with the 16 tpi that usually comes with it you touch on the piece where your putting the threads and it is moved in .035. If tour female dimension is 3" (before threading) your male dimension has to be 3.035 (before threading) as on both pieces your going in .035. I did a video on You Tube a long time ago but it is not the best. When Victor saw it he contacted me immediately and told me I needed to get the Baxter back to him as he made sure that was corrected long ago. I did that and it was brought up to date. Just do a search on Youtube for Baxter Thread Master but don't laugh to hard.
 
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