On Sunday 27 July 2014 07:43:08 andy pugh did opine And Gene did reply: > On 27 July 2014 12:36, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've cut several metric threads using that line of code, seemed to > > have worked as the 8mm purchased nuts fit well. But you raise a > > point I may have missed, so in the interests of doing it right, how > > are metric threads specified? > > M8 coarse is M8 x 1.25, which is 1.25 mm pitch, not 1.25 threads per > mm. You put the 1.25 directly into G76.
Duh! > For M8 fine (used on small proximity switches) and M6, where the pitch > is 1.0mm your code will work. Which describes what I was doing exactly! Thanks Andy. I was using the fine thread 8mm as the thrust bearing preload adjustment nut in the mill. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
