[simpits-tech] Weekly(?) project update!

[David C. Allen]

At 02:01 PM 3/18/2013 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Mar 2013, Sean Galbraith wrote:
>
> > Well, Visual Mill has a "Tapping" tab, I don't have the right tools, but
> > I assume it can cut a thread.....
> >
>That might be for a lathe operation though.  I'm trying to do this with a
>standard x/y machine.  (I know f*ck all about cutting threads using a
>machine of any stripe. :(  )

There is a process called "Thread Milling" that uses a cutter to form 
threads using a milling machine. I can do both internal and external threads

David
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