On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 11:10:13AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> 
> Is there documented someplace where I can grab a copy and print it, a method 
> to calculate the major and minor diameters of a thread that is specified only 
> as 16 tpi, pitch diameter 0.965"?

If the pitch is .0625, the height of the triangular thread (sharp
minor to sharp major diameters) is .0625 * sqrt(3)/2 = .054.

The pitch diameter is halfway between the sharp minor and sharp
major diameters, so minor is .965 - .054/2 and major is .965 +
.054/2

This gives .938 and .992 as the sharp diameters.

> I got out my calculator and came up with a figure of 0.926" for the minor, 
> but 
> when I quit boring at 0.917 last night and switched to the single tooth 
> threading bar I'd made, the nut fit the threads while they were well under 
> 50% cut!  Very sloppily too.
> 
> So when I turned it around to do the other end, I measured the nuts exterior 
> threads and came up with about 0.878" so I bored that end to about 0.865" and 
> started threading.  This end fit better, but wasn't even close to having 
> sharp inner peaks yet because the starting diameter was still too big, 
> leaving a very noticeable flat.

These numbers don't work out to match mine...  Something funny is
going on. 

Chris

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