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Take a look at Skiprats site, you will not only see the best pens you ever saw but you should find the tut that Mark mentions in there. http://www.skiprat-pens.com/Index.php
Lots of very good information by the look of it Walter, it's very generous of you to share it. Thanks very much.
Can I ask, do double or triple start taps and dies require very much more force than standard ones to get them to cut? I suppose threading plastic is easy enough but are your metal pens a challenge to cut? I only normally use metric coarse taps and dies but find anything above M8 a bit of a chore cutting stainless steel.
Sorry William, I don't log in here very often these days so I missed your post. If you need to ask me anything it is probably best to PM me or e-mail me via the contact page on my website. To be honest I do not find there to be a material difference in the effort required with triple start taps and dies. Logic suggests that there must be but if there is it did not bother me. I am however not cutting threads in stainless steel, mostly aluminium, brass or acrylic.
Take a look at Skiprats site, you will not only see the best pens you ever saw but you should find the tut that Mark mentions in there. http://www.skiprat-pens.com/Index.php
Skiprat's metalworking skills are in a different league to mine and I admire not only his skills but his willingness to share his knowledge. However the tutorial Mark refers to is related to thread cutting on a metal working lathe. Like most other mere mortals I just use taps and dies on a woodturning lathe.