Video: Adjust and Use a Woodthreading Set - Popular Woodworking
2010年6月1日 · To show you how easy it is, I took a new wood threading kit out of the bag this morning and set it up while Megan Fitzpatrick shot this video. Like with any hand tool, the trick is putting the cutter in the right place. After we shot the video, I finished making a second double-screw vise (shown below). Total elapsed construction time: one hour.
How to Tap Wood for a Bolt - Popular Woodworking
2018年2月22日 · Drill the hole. Countersink the hole openings. Tap the hole. Threading wood is very easy but you need to make sure that your thread is perpendicular to the surface of the hole. Unlike threading metal, here we do not want to use oil — as it will prevent the super glue from adhering to the wood fibers.
A Rare Rant About Threadboxes - Popular Woodworking
2012年9月4日 · For the last few years, I’ve used the Taiwanese-made manual threadboxes and taps that are for sale at many suppliers of quality woodworking tools. These will usually work out of the box with some tweaking. And after threading at least 100 rods with my kit I’ve become pretty tuned in to how they work.
Threading Small Vise Screws - Popular Woodworking
2013年1月10日 · 4. Longer lengths are better – up to a point. I found that turning and then threading 12” lengths was pretty ideal. Longer lengths got wobbly on the lathe. Shorter lengths were more difficult to manage in the threader. 5. Little adjustments make a huge difference.
Tapping Threads Without Tapping Out | Popular Woodworking
2012年7月16日 · 4. When you tap the hole, run the tap down as you normally would – don’t forget to back up occasionally to break the chip and clear the mouth. Remove the tap. Then start again. This time lean the tap into the end grain of the hole. This will help clear both end-grain walls of some excess wood. 5.
Work in Tight Spaces without Special Tools - Popular Woodworking
2014年3月12日 · Here are a few of my favorite tricks for working in tight spaces with regular tools. 1. The ‘goberge.’. One of the toughest things about working inside a carcase is when you have to glue and clamp something in the middle of the case. Sure, you can buy some crazy expensive deep-throat clamps.
You Want a Pizza or a Twin-screw Vise? | Popular Woodworking
2010年6月10日 · Wednesday morning while I was in the shower, my brain clicked. (Hey! twice in one month!) On Tuesday, Glen Huey and I were discussing how to make a double-screw vise without a wood-threading kit. He suggested bolts. I suggested pipe clamps. We left it at that. Then, at 5:15 a.m., the lukewarm water of our shower brought on this idea: F-style ...
The Best Lubricant Oils of 2024 - Popular Woodworking
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Need a Moxon Double-screw Vise? | Popular Woodworking
2011年1月13日 · Instead, people have been griping about having to buy the wood-threading kit to make the screws and tap the holes. I bought mine from Highland Hardware. It was $47.99 and works quite well, though some people have reported there are some defective ones floating around out there. Now in my book, $47.99 plus some 8/4 poplar or maple is a small ...
Machine-Screw Joints - Popular Woodworking
2021年9月9日 · 7. For hard use, strengthen the threads in the wood with CA glue. Dribble glue in the hole, then insert a machine screw coated with petroleum jelly. After the glue cures, remove the screw. If I’ll be running screws in and out of the holes quite often, I soak the threads with CA glue to make them more durable (Photo 7).