Threading wood

[Syd Sellers]

I have tried the free hand methods, but they just don't work for me. So I found a machine shop to make me a set of lead screws with 8, 10 & 12 TPI and custom fit nuts with zero back lash. I then mounted the nut on my cross feed unit and I am set... My cutter is a double bevel 60° that fits in my head stock and I run it fast (2000) RPMs. This assembly cuts the best threads in wood that I have ever seen. Plus, set up is a snap. If anyone is interested in this idea, I can send you a few Pics of the assembly. My e-mail is sydsellers@gmail.com.

Happy threading..

 

[ray hampton]

I think that I am confuse about the cutter that are mounted in the headstock

 

[Syd Sellers]

Cutter

Hi Ray,
The cutter is an industrial standard cutter used by milling machines and lathe operators when cutting thread, it's double bevel 60 degree unit so it cuts a perfect thread all the time and is carbide tipped for long life.

See the attached pic.
Thanks
Syd Sellers.

 

[Bill Boehme]

You can get a double angle shank type cutter at Enco. The kind that you want is the one with a 60° included angle.

 

[Syd Sellers]

Cutter

Yes, you can get this cutter from any good machine shop supplier. you also need to find a MT#2 or what ever fits your head stock with a hole that fits the cutter. What I did was I got one with a 1/2" hole then put a 1/2" shaft in it and bored it out to fit my cutter then this allows you to adjust the length of the cutter shaft to make it easy to get into your box and lid so you can thread it easily.

 

[Bob Hadley]

Syd, sounds like your set-up is similar, if not the same, idea as the Bonnie Klein threading jig.

 

[Bill Boehme]

I don't know how well it will work, but I have an old lathe spindle from my Delta 1440 lathe that I have been planning to use to make a threading jig. Since I don't have the equipment to machine threads on the part of the spindle where the headstock bearings and pulley were mounted, I need an alternate plan that still maintains the necessary critical alignment so that the business end of the spindle does not "cone" as it is rotated.

 

[Syd Sellers]

ThreadingLeadScrew.

Hi Bill,
The set up that I have put together here is so easy to set up and use,there is no need to reinvent the prosses, pluse you can get 4-6-8-10&12 threads per inch. With your spindal,you are stuck at 8TPI.

I can give contact info for my machinist if you wish.

Syd Sellers

 

[Dick Sowa]

I did something similar, but I used a collet chuck with a drawbar to keep the cutter tight in the headstock. When I first tried it with a jacobs chuck in the #2MT, the vibration caused to work loose really fast. The collet chuck, however, keeps the cutter rock solid.

 

[Syd Sellers]

Many requests for info.

Hi all,
due to the number of people interested in more info., I have up dated my web site. So please have a look at my BLOG at www.rocky-roost-woodturnings.com

If I have missed anything, please let me know.

Thanks
Syd

 

[Syd Sellers]

Walking/Climbing Sticks

I have been trying to make walking sticks and canes for years, but always ran into a huge problem when fitting the cane head. They are always threaded. I was always attempting to use Oak and Ash for the cane shaft. The instructions that came with the Cane head said that it was a hand thread fit.... Well, Oak and Ash as you know, don't have a lot of give, so attempting to thread the head on without tool marks isn't easy.

Now it is, the thread in the head is 12 TPI, threading the shaft is a piece of cake and the head threads on like a dream....

Happy Cane/Walking stick making....