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ralphee

Looking for a machinist!

Post by ralphee »

Hey guys

Im looking for someone with a lathe as i need a small 1/4 internal threaded bar making,15.8 in dia, 35mm long, im trying to mount my MR Y wing to a panavise, this bar will slot inside the model and then thread onto the panavise mount, can anyone help, its a silly job, but i just cant find the hardware to do it lol.

bests...lee
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Post by Umi_Ryuzuki »

You want to look for "threaded inserts.

They have course outside threads to lock themselves into material, and measured inside threads to match a variety of machine threads.

IE:
http://www.ezlok.com/Home/index.html

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