<VV> cylinder studs

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> cylinder studs


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> In a message dated 6/25/2009 1:35:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com writes:
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> Okay  guys, refresh my memory -- is it okay to clean up the threads on
> head  studs with a die??
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Jim  Houston
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> Jim - I agree with Bob Helt's analysis. One more note though, If you want
> to clean up the outer threads - use a thread chasing die, not a thread
> cutting die. You are less likely to do any damage to the threads. - Seth
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> th Emerson
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Somethiing we here master gunsmiths do to classic rifles is to chase the 
thread gently with a lathe bit, just taking off the tar and rust, not making 
things smaller.  There wasn[t much adherance to standards in the old guns.. 
kinda like corvairs

I think there is a classic gadget to do the same by hand, it looks like a 
thread die broke in half with an adjustable guide "V" to keep it snug but 
not cutting on the threads, just polishing.  I guess someone could actually 
use half a die, just use a leather glove and elbow grease to carefully 
polish the threads ....but then first you haft to catch the rabbit ... I 
mean crack the thread die ...

ken campbell, idling away in iowaritaville