Date:         Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:54:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      [NVC] Need someone to cut some threads
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I do volunteer tech work for a local non-profit community radio station
(KPOV 88.9, Bend, Oregon, kpov.org) and I've been asked to modify some
microphone stands and need help with the work which requires cutting and
re-threading the thin wall steel tubing that constitue the stands.

I ordered some dies but after a bit of time it's clear that doing this
by hand ain't gonna work. At least with with these hands. Can't get the
die to start.

I called the general machine shops here (Bend, Oregon) and those that do
manual machining have several month's lead times in front of me, while
the CNC shops are not set up to do dinky little onesies jobs like this.

I don't own a screw machine or a lathe or anything like that, so I'm
reaching out to the community here to see if someone could do the work.
Seems like there are some on this list who may have the required tools
and aren't afraid to use them.

The job is to cut a few inches off six thin wall steel tubes, then
re-thread the cut ends. Three of the tubes are 7/8" o.d., the other
three are 5/8" o.d. Need 1/2" of 27 tpi thread added to the cut end of
each tube: 7/8 X 27 and 5/8 X 27 threads, respectively,

I would pay a reasonable amount for the job, and I need pretty quick
turnaround. Like one week because the microphone stands are used in an
interview studio and no stands = no interviews.

Y'alls can p-mail me.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.