https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=General_Thread_File 2026-04-05T19:57:54Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.2 https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=6964&oldid=prev 2008-09-29T09:29:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:29, 29 September 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''HarryMann: ''' Some here may not have come across a thread file, but these are very handy tool for cleaning/trueing up slightly damaged threads. In some cases, depending on the nature of the damage <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and the therad material</del>, quite badly damaged threads can be restored with a little TLC using a thread file.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''HarryMann: ''' Some here may not have come across a thread file, but these are very handy tool for cleaning/trueing up slightly damaged threads. In some cases, depending on the nature of the damage, quite badly damaged threads can be restored with a little TLC using a thread file.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread!''' Whether you know or not the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">target </del>damaged thread, always lay the thread file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light between the bottom of the 'Vee' and the file being the normal clearance that a nut running on the thread is allowed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread!''' Whether you know or not the damaged thread<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s spec.</ins>, always lay the thread file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light between the bottom of the 'Vee' and the file being the normal clearance that a nut running on the thread is allowed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">each thread </del>in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most threads </ins>in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[General ISO Metric threads| ISO Metric threads, spanner and tapping drill sizes]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[General ISO Metric threads| ISO Metric threads, spanner and tapping drill sizes]]</div></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=6630&oldid=prev 2008-07-27T08:33:47Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:33, 27 July 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the thread file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light between the bottom of the 'Vee' and the file being the normal clearance that a nut running on the thread is allowed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread!<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the thread file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light between the bottom of the 'Vee' and the file being the normal clearance that a nut running on the thread is allowed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=6629&oldid=prev 2008-07-27T08:33:05Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:33, 27 July 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the thread file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ebtween </del>the bottom of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#</del>Vee' and the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therad, </del>the normal clearance that a nut running on the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therad </del>is allowed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the thread file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">between </ins>the bottom of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</ins>Vee' and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">file being </ins>the normal clearance that a nut running on the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thread </ins>is allowed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=6628&oldid=prev 2008-07-27T08:31:33Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:31, 27 July 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These come in Imperial and metric sizes and have 8 different threads per file. They are normally quite cheap, about £8~£10, but make sure it isn't rusty or a very used one. Old ones are fine if they have been looked after and not bashed around or used excessively - which is unlikely, as... they are a tool that are used maybe once a year at most, but can save the day when <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thhey </del>are dug out of your workshop and put to use. I used one on a rear hub nut thread recently that wouldn't allow the nut to run up it. 10 minutes with a thread file and it was fine.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These come in Imperial and metric sizes and have 8 different threads per file. They are normally quite cheap, about £8~£10, but make sure it isn't rusty or a very used one. Old ones are fine if they have been looked after and not bashed around or used excessively - which is unlikely, as... they are a tool that are used maybe once a year at most, but can save the day when <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">they </ins>are dug out of your workshop and put to use. I used one on a rear hub nut thread recently that wouldn't allow the nut to run up it. 10 minutes with a thread file and it was fine.</div></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=4769&oldid=prev 2006-12-05T21:03:01Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:03, 5 December 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therad </del>file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light ebtween the bottom of the #Vee' and the therad, the normal clearance that a nut running on the therad is allowed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thread </ins>file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light ebtween the bottom of the #Vee' and the therad, the normal clearance that a nut running on the therad is allowed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=4768&oldid=prev 2006-12-05T21:01:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:01, 5 December 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They&#039;re used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file as you work. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread&#039;s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the therad file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light ebtween the bottom of the #Vee' and the therad, the normal clearance that a nut running on the therad is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">allwoed</del>, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the therad file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light ebtween the bottom of the #Vee' and the therad, the normal clearance that a nut running on the therad is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">allowed</ins>, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[General ISO Metric threads| ISO Metric threads, spanner and tapping drill sizes]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These come in Imperial and metric sizes and have 8 different threads per file. They are normally quite cheap, about £8~£10, but make sure it isn&#039;t rusty or a very used one. Old ones are fine if they have been looked after and not bashed around or used excessively - which is unlikely, as... they are a tool that are used maybe once a year at most, but can save the day when thhey are dug out of your workshop and put to use. I used one on a rear hub nut thread recently that wouldn&#039;t allow the nut to run up it. 10 minutes with a thread file and it was fine.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These come in Imperial and metric sizes and have 8 different threads per file. They are normally quite cheap, about £8~£10, but make sure it isn&#039;t rusty or a very used one. Old ones are fine if they have been looked after and not bashed around or used excessively - which is unlikely, as... they are a tool that are used maybe once a year at most, but can save the day when thhey are dug out of your workshop and put to use. I used one on a rear hub nut thread recently that wouldn&#039;t allow the nut to run up it. 10 minutes with a thread file and it was fine.</div></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=4767&oldid=prev 2006-12-05T20:25:31Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:25, 5 December 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;HarryMann: &#039;&#039;&#039; Some here may not have come across a thread file, but these are very handy tool for cleaning/trueing up slightly damaged threads. In some cases, depending on the nature of the damage and the therad material, quite badly damaged threads can be restored with a little TLC using a thread file.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;HarryMann: &#039;&#039;&#039; Some here may not have come across a thread file, but these are very handy tool for cleaning/trueing up slightly damaged threads. In some cases, depending on the nature of the damage and the therad material, quite badly damaged threads can be restored with a little TLC using a thread file.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They're used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread's helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They're used in the way of a file, back and forth, not with great pressure and of course, revolving the thread or the file <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as you work</ins>. The threads have to be nicely engaged and they are used not at right angles to the thread but at the thread's helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the therad file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It&#039;s the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light ebtween the bottom of the #Vee&#039; and the therad, the normal clearance that a nut running on the therad is allwoed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the therad file onto the thread and using a strong backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one. It&#039;s the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light ebtween the bottom of the #Vee&#039; and the therad, the normal clearance that a nut running on the therad is allwoed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance).</div></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=4766&oldid=prev 2006-12-05T20:22:59Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:22, 5 December 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These come in Imperial and metric sizes and have 8 different <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therads </del>per file. They are normally quite cheap, about £8~£10, but make sure it isn't rusty or a very used one. Old ones are fine<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>if they have been looked after<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>not bashed <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a round </del>or used excessively<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>which is unlikely.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These come in Imperial and metric sizes and have 8 different <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">threads </ins>per file. They are normally quite cheap, about £8~£10, but make sure it isn't rusty or a very used one. Old ones are fine if they have been looked after <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>not bashed <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">around </ins>or used excessively <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- </ins>which is unlikely<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, as</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.. they </ins>are a tool that are used maybe once a year at most, but can save the day when thhey are dug out of your workshop and put to use. I used one on a rear hub <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nut </ins>thread recently that wouldn't allow the nut to run up it. 10 minutes with a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thread </ins>file and it was fine.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These </del>are a tool that are used maybe once a year at most, but can save the day when thhey are dug out of your workshop and put to use. I used one on a rear hub <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nit </del>thread recently that wouldn't allow the nut to run up it. 10 minutes with a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therad </del>file and it was fine.</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=4765&oldid=prev 2006-12-05T20:21:07Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:21, 5 December 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These come in Imperial and metric sizes and have 8 different therads per file. They are normally quite cheap, about £8~£10, but make sure it isn't rusty or a very used one. Old ones are fine, if they have been looked after, not bashed a round or used excessively, which is unlikely.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These are a tool that are used maybe once a year at most, but can save the day when thhey are dug out of your workshop and put to use. I used one on a rear hub nit thread recently that wouldn't allow the nut to run up it. 10 minutes with a therad file and it was fine.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

HarryMann https://club8090.co.uk/w/index.php?title=General_Thread_File&diff=4764&oldid=prev 2006-12-05T20:17:44Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:17, 5 December 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''HarryMann: ''' Some here may not have come across a thread file, but these are very handy tool for cleaning/trueing up slightly damaged threads. In some cases, depending on the nature of the damage and the therad material, quite badly <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">damagedtherads </del>can <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ve </del>restored with a little TLC using a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therad </del>file.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''HarryMann: ''' Some here may not have come across a thread file, but these are very handy tool for cleaning/trueing up slightly damaged threads. In some cases, depending on the nature of the damage and the therad material, quite badly <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">damaged threads </ins>can <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be </ins>restored with a little TLC using a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thread </ins>file.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They're used in the way of a file, back and forth, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nor </del>great pressure and of course, the threads have to be engaged and they are used not at right angles to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therad </del>but at the thread<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#</del>s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They're used in the way of a file, back and forth, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">not with </ins>great pressure and of course, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">revolving the thread or </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">file. The </ins>threads have to be <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nicely </ins>engaged and they are used not at right angles to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thread </ins>but at the thread<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</ins>s helix angle, slightly offset to the normal angle.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the therad file onto the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">therad </del>and using a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stronmg </del>backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most important thing of course is to select the correct thread! Whether you know or not the target damaged thread, always lay the therad file onto the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thread </ins>and using a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strong </ins>backlight, eyeball the two together to make sure you are in fact using the correct one<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. It's the pitch that will show as a run out... there will always be some light ebtween the bottom of the #Vee' and the therad, the normal clearance that a nut running on the therad is allwoed, dependent upon thread class (tolerance)</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>N.B. There are of course different pitches for each thread in the metric range, see the following link to Metric threads... std. metric is usually medium or coarse, and fine is usually non-standard.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Example.jpg]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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