Cutting Wooden Threads

Some experiments to find a way to easily cut threads on the router table.
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[Claudiomarsantos]

Do not try to improve ... The tips in this video, the simplicity of maximum, minimum cost and optimizing the use of basic tools, has daily use, starting now ... Fantastic, thank you John ... !!!

[cyrilnorrie]

Thanks for showing the various ways of improving the method. It saves us going through the same experimentation. Great video.

[allenhess]

John, best method I have seen on making the screw. I watched your nut video and can emphasize with you. There is a simple no cost solution. Make your nut out of reprocessed hdme. Make a little jig 3 sided jig With removable ends. Make the interior of the jig twice the diameter or your rod. Make 2 square ends to put in the ends of your jig. Drill these ends in the center to accept your rod. Now insert your screw into the jig. It will look like a little box with your rod through it. Clamp both square ends. Now process your hdpe while it is hot force it into the space surrounding your rod you must force it in using a little push stick so it completely encloses all the space in your jig, overfill the jig a little and then put a top on your jig with a clamp. Let it cool completely. The hope should contract a little during the cooling period and should come off easily. I would put the jig at the end of your rod to make removal easier.

[awldune]

The music and editing on this one really tickled me. Fun to watch.

[devogle]

Thanks John, great video. You are very creative. You have some of the best videos that help us less creative folks.

[elnegro]

You are incredible creative. I love this old videos from you. I remember that was very inspirational for me to start and learn woodworking.

[JayBates]

Do I see an all wood twin screw vice coming?

[DaveBardin]

Love it John. The ability to make treads has always been on my list. Thank you for helping us find ways to do it with tools we already have.

[NOLAMarathon]

When I was a boy, we used to cut threads like that with a pocket knife.  If we wanted to show off, we'd do it blindfolded.  In all seriousness, that's very clever.  Job well done.

[mathquir]

The most clever way to make it. That what I had in mind but I'll clearly take that shortcut instead of testing, mistake, testing, mistake, etc.
Thanks a lot sir for sharing it.

[geedubb]

great instructional video. Thanks for taking the time to share your work John.

[willnettles]

cool, thanks for sharing this. I really like seeing the first attempts. A lot of times something that won't work for this project will be great for something else, or like the spacing problem you encountered indicates a general issue that will pop up again so the more we learn about it the better we'll be able to find a workaround.

[waltermessines]

Loved the music and your relaxed and honest presentation.

[smfield]

Very interesting, basically what you had with the bit method was a mechanical high pass filter with a feed-back loop. The wooden peg follower method was a low pads with dampening. Very cool.

[MVPartStore]

Great idea, I can't wait to see the project you come up with to use these in.

[JonJon-guxy]

Didn't think I would like this video... But I did. Great music and video all around. Thanks.

[Augustosantos]

Good afternoon John
My name is Augusto'm from Brazil want to congratulate him for the projects accompany most of your videos like you to build a homemade cnc cutting wood and manufacture of handicrafts
Thank you

[RegisMichelLeclerc]

The idea of the paper strip is simply brilliant! Thank you for the clue, now I can start building my moxon press :-)

[ChopNHack]

That's really awesome John!! I see this opening up a number of shop built jigs :-)

[kwhp]

John I have a thought to improve it a little. Maybe take an existing piece of threaded rod 2-4" long and use it as a master "die". Mark center on the end of it and an unthreaded piece and use a two pin setup from the master into the blank. Pins made from nails would fit the bill. And use that "master" temporarily attached to the blank as a way to get it started. Might just make things easier and more repeatable and definitely much quicker. At least in my mind it does all of that! Hahaha but just a thought. LMK what you honk or if you have already thought of that or even tried it already.