Chasing an M18 thread without a die.

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Going to be putting my radius arms back on tomorrow but only just found out tonight that one of them needs the thread reworking. Alas I don't have a die and getting one tomorrow is a tall order.
Do you reckon filing a notch or two into the old nut will suffice as a die?
Cheers Andy
 
If you have a suitable nut I would cut two slots into the thread, a little deeper than the thread, with a junior hacksaw and then treat it as a die. I often end up doing it the other way around making a tap out of a bolt by cutting a slot in it, usually works for me.
 
If you have a nut the right size, just cut the nut in half across the ends so you get two (half nuts)
Place them on a good bit of thread then clamp with a molegrips or similar.
Unwind the nut and threads should now be straightened.

Hope that helps
 
woodfarmer":1uxlvi69 said:
If you have a nut the right size, just cut the nut in half across the ends so you get two (half nuts)
Place them on a good bit of thread then clamp with a molegrips or similar.
Unwind the nut and threads should now be straightened.

Hope that helps
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Many thanks for suggestions 8)

In the end we found a metric thread restoring tool and I mackled up this contraption. Clamp and rotate.
Cheers Andy
 

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I thought you might have one of those files in a box somewhere! I'd have leant you mine, but it's Whitworth and a bit too far away. :)
 
AndyT":1u8qwtyj said:
I thought you might have one of those files in a box somewhere! I'd have leant you mine, but it's Whitworth and a bit too far away. :)

Thanks for the offer Andy, as they say "it's the thought that counts" :D
This was my brothers and your right I have one, mine was always on one of the lathes in the living room. BUT I made the mistake of actually putting it in one of the box's, now I can't find it :roll: #-o :oops: :evil:
Made up for it by going straight to the spring compressors though, 2nd box down, 1st stack on the landing in less than 2 minutes. :wink: :lol:

Pilgrimage to Stanley's sale this month perchance?
Cheers Andy
 
toolsntat":1w4jqf82 said:
one of the lathes in the living room.

How many lathes do you have in the living room?! If only I could get away with that.
 
That "2 half nuts" idea by woodfarmer above is brilliant. Never heard of that before. It's an ideal "bodger in a fix - get out of jail free" card. Thanks for the post, I'll remember that one!
 
... or just use a small triangular file for localised repairs to metric and many imperial 60 degree threads. Be careful not to use on Whitworth 55 degree thread forms.
 
phil.p":1kzp9eu4 said:
https://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+universal-thread-repair-tool+RW1097

I'd not seen one of these before ............... I wonder how well they work. :D

They do work well, will clean even concrete from threads, but will not cut a new thread.

Bod
 
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