<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Didn't see the prices on the purpose-made thread milling cutters, but perhaps something like <br>http://www.woodcraft.com/product/2008230/15412/cmt-85350111-flush-and-vgroove-router-bit-12sh-12d-34od-1cl.aspx<br>would do the same job as one of the single-point tools, provided the inner diameter is larger than 3/4".<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"geneb" <geneb@deltasoft.com><br><b>To: </b>"Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech@simpits.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, March 18, 2013 2:01:28 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [simpits-tech] Weekly(?) project update!<br><br>On Tue, 19 Mar 2013, Sean Galbraith wrote:<br><br>> Well, Visual Mill has a "Tapping" tab, I don't have the right tools, but<br>> I assume it can cut a thread.....<br>><br>That might be for a lathe operation though. I'm trying to do this with a <br>standard x/y machine. (I know f*ck all about cutting threads using a <br>machine of any stripe. :( )<br><br>g.<br><br>-- <br>Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007<br>http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.<br>http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home.<br>Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies.<br><br>ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment<br>A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.<br>http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!<br>_______________________________________________<br>Simpits-tech mailing list<br>Simpits-tech@simpits.org<br>http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech<br>To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks!<br></div></body></html>