Cutting new. But no chrome, just black paint. The tubing is probably just mild steel. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 08/27/2014 07:12 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Are you looking to cut new threads or dress up damaged threads? If the > latter then maybe all you need is a thread file. If cutting new and for any > distance you may need a few of those cheapie dies, especially if threading > through a good chrome plating. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Rocket J Squirrel > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 5:05 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Seeking threading dies > > Ah -- I never considered Amazon a source for machinist's tools. Now I know > better! Thanks, David B! > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. > > On 08/27/2014 01:25 PM, David Beierl wrote: >> At 04:21 PM 8/27/2014, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >>> Indeed. But at $70 for the smaller and $89 for the larger, those are >>> hardly "good" prices. At least according to my wallet. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Right-Hand-Thread-Die-TPI/dp/B008B2GM6A/ref=pd_s >> im_indust_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KKFDH9HBD06CMH9ZMD6 >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Right-Hand-Thread-Die-TPI/dp/B008B1VTY6 >> >> d |
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