[SEL] Reed Manufacturing Erie PA. / Off Topic

[Rupert]

	Taps are available for most acme threads. They are expensive though. A 
1/2-20 Acme tap is around $70.

Rupert

On 10/3/2010 4:47 PM, Alan wrote:
> Seems like the hard part would be finding the tap to cut those threads.
>
> Alan
>
> --- On Sat, 10/2/10, Rupert<rwenig2 at xplornet.com>  wrote:
>
>
> From: Rupert<rwenig2 at xplornet.com>
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Reed Manufacturing Erie PA. / Off Topic
> To: "The SEL email discussion list"<sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 6:36 PM
>
>
> Hello Mark,
>      Where are you located? I can cast a nut out of ZA-12 for you. ZA-12 is
> almost as good as cast iron for that purpose.
>      I am near Camrose, Alberta. I plan to be doing a foundry demo at the
> Estevan Model Engineering Show the week end of October 16th. I can bring
> equipment to cast one there as a demo if that helps.
>
> Rupert
>
> On 10/2/2010 3:44 PM, Mark Shulaw wrote:
>> Hi Alan,
>>      The parts called the main nut. See the pic link, The threads pulled
>> out of it entirely. The threads on the screw are pretty good. You can
>> see a slight taper on the lead edge of the threads but I believe they
>> will be fine with a new main nut. I suspect the vise is WWII vintage.
>> The nut has the words defense substitute stamped on it.                   Mark
>>
>>
>> http://www2.wcoil.com/~frappi/reed1.jpg
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