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Threading on Mini Lathe - illustrated guide

When I first started with my mini lathe, I was extremely puzzled about the process required to produce threaded objects. I did not initially understand how to use the lathe to cut a thread.

This page, and those that follow, contain some photographs that show an example of the threading process on a 7x12 mini lathe.

One - Find something to thread

In this example we are going to make a thread without portfolio. I am going to cut a thread in a piece of 1 inch aluminium round bar. There is no purpose for cutting a thread like this, its just an example.

On the left you can see the raw piece of round bar. I cut the bar in half and mounted it in the lathe. I used the live center to steady one end of the work piece.

Here is the work piece mounted in the lathe with a tool loaded and ready.

Two - prepare surface for threading

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