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How common was thread milling on manual milling machines? I don't doubt that it's possible through some sort of attachment but it sounds kind of exotic.
by tesseract 5y ago
How common was thread milling on manual milling machines? I don't doubt that it's possible through some sort of attachment but it sounds kind of exotic.
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoFar less common now that CNC mills are the norm. Tom Lipton recently built a (modern) semi-manual helical milling system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVydTvwqmRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVydTvwqmRs He also shows some old books describing the process, starting at 1:55.