OSUT#241 - 2023 - Keep Calm and Eat Bacon

[DoggyDaddy]

He was showing turned boxes with threaded lids

 

[target64]

I had a lathe before pens. There used to be a woodworking show on DIY, that the guy only worked on a lathe.
He was showing turned boxes with threaded lids, and pens in one episode. So I went to Johnson's Workbench, and Woodcraft for supplies, to give it a try. After a couple hundred dollars, I went home and made a pen. Back then, there were limited styles available.
It snowballed, and started casting, and a few years later found IAP.

Bought my first lathe for my 50th birthday. I attended a demo at rocker wood turning

 

[Lpherr]

Yall should learn to make screws. Tool collectors pay $20 each for Stanley BSW thread screws to repair old woodworking tools.

Are those brass? Knowing the thread pitch, it wouldn't be real difficult, but...

 

[Lpherr]

Lpherr, have you made your own clips? What are your thoughts on roll stops?

Yes sir. I've made both aluminum and brass clips. I was going to try stainless, just never got to it.
Roll stops are fine for a desk only pen, but if it's carried, I don't think it's ideal.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

 

[Lpherr]

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yada, yada, yada, thingy, dohickey, blah, blah.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

yada, yada, yada, thingy, dohickey, blah, blah.

I feel ya bra.

 

[Lpherr]

DD, did you get your notifications figured out?

 

[Lpherr]

I feel ya bra.

We try to keep it in Layman's terms.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

DD, did you get your notifications figured out?

I didn't have a problem with my notifications. I don't want to be notified any time someone posts in a thread I've posted in. That would drive me bonkers. Is that what you were talking about?

 

[GregD]

DD, what did they say?

 

[ancjr]

Are those brass? Knowing the thread pitch, it would be real difficult, but...

They're steel. Straight Slotted, cheesehead and round head. British Standard Whitworth... it's not only a different pitch, but a different form. Real niche market. People mistake them for SAE screws and mess up a lot of antique tools.

British Standard Whitworth - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[DoggyDaddy]

DD, what did they say?

Who? @target64 and @Lpherr ? I have no idea.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Evening all y'all
Glad this week is over

 

[DoggyDaddy]

cheesehead and round head

and

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Evenin' red. This is my "long" week.

 

[GregD]

ancjr, have you heard from Timmy?

 

[GregD]

Hi Red

 

[Lpherr]

Evening red

 

[Lpherr]

They're steel. Straight Slotted, cheesehead and round head. British Standard Whitworth... it's not only a different pitch, but a different form. Real niche market. People mistake them for SAE screws and mess up a lot of antique tools.

British Standard Whitworth - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ok, I'm going to say those are probably rolled, rather than cut. If they're cut, I wouldn't do it for $20 a pop. That would be very labor intensive, with the stepped diameter and increasing pitch.