Making A Die Holder.... But Better

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  @WalterWojcik · 2 years ago

  Nice work.  I would suggest threading the handles and the main body together.  You can still heat treat them, then assemble with thread locker (the red stuff will never come loose!).  This will give you the aesthetics you want without compromising the function.  I love to see how much you do with your shop.  We also need to take up a collection for you to get a port-a-band saw!

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• DE

  @deathsdisciple666 · 2 years ago

  My grandad told me when he was alive “a grinder and paint, makes the welder I ain’t” although painting not really a need here as long as you have good penetration you can always clean up the welds.

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• BI

  @billdoodson4232 · 2 years ago

  I haven&apos;t watched the whole video yet, so my comments may be a little off. I quite like the split dies, (I have not seen a holder with 5 screws though, only 3). I always use the middle screw to open the die up and just nip the two clamp screws, cut the thread and then test it against the &quot;nut,&quot; then start to back out the centre screw and nip up the clamp screws to fit the thread to the nut. The hex die nuts I would only use to clean up an existing thread, certainly not use them to cut a new thread. <br>There is a type of die which is in two halfs, in a special stock that has taper rails the halfs of the dies slide on. They are the best ones ever, but you just don&apos;t see them anymore, I liked the fact you could thread in the middle of a bar just for the hell of it.

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• 2T

  @2testtest2 · 2 years ago

  Regarding the knurled handles I often find them a bit rough on the skin. What I do to balance this out with the need for increased grip is to turn down the highspots of the knurl after the fact. That makes for a much more comfortable grip, and really classy finish I think.

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• SO

  @SOCMMOB · 2 years ago

  The whole idea and science behind case-hardening is so freakin cool.

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• WI

  @WillemvanLonden · 2 years ago

  Hex dies were designed for truing up existing threads, and the middle of the three screws on top of the die holder is intended to open up the die when it is split, to form thread in multiple consecutive deeper passes. My father use to do that in the fiftees, when I was a child.

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• ME

  @mechaform · 2 years ago

  To be fair, on split button dies, two of the screws in the holder are for increasing the cut depth by compressing the die and one (the pointed grub screw) is for reducing cut depth by widening the button’s split. These are a fine adjustment for the closeness of fit for the threads in a nut or tapped hole.

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• AR

  @ArtykbaevIlia · 2 years ago

  Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера

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• JA

  @jackdawg4579 · 2 years ago

  The hex dies are usually thread chasers, not meant to cut a thread from scratch, but a set of them is worth their weight in gold, you cant get a normal die holder on to most in situ studs where you need to clean up a thread, there just isnt enough clearance for the holder to be able to turn.<br>Your design for a die holder is a great idea, but you also gave me one of those &quot;oh dur&quot; moments... I am sick of doing all sorts of weird things to tighten those mongrel screws that take flat head screw drivers in die holders. Usually i grip the outside of them in the vice and twist the whole holder to get some hurt on them. &nbsp;But your quick shot of your lathe holder setup where you mention using allen keys to tighten it... I am going down to the shed right now to see if i can chuck the mongrel screws in the holders and replace them with grub screws that take allen keys...

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• PA

  @PaddyPatPatrick · 2 years ago

  Hello All, From The UK👋

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  @OhHeyTrevorFlowers · 2 years ago

  Ooof, that moment when the work is thrown, the tool is chipped, and I just made some new scrap. I feel that.

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  @MortenBaltzerHeide · 2 years ago

  Love the way your lathe work turned out<br>This build is just to die for<br>I will see myself out✌️

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