On 07/21/2010 11:56 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: > Given a 12mm / 1/2" thick aluminium / aluminum disc / disk of 80mm / > pi" diameter with a thread on the entire cylindrical circumference, > how best to lock the thread in place in a way that can be easily > reversed and which will not damage the threads in such as way as to > inhibit dismantlement? > > Ideas I have include a sort-of tangential saw cut through a > part-threaded (with a taper / first tap) hole with a grub screw / > setscrew in it (winding the screw into the unthreaded part pushes the > slit open, locking the thread), A saw-cut in the plane of the disc / > disk with a screw to locally squeeze or stretch the thread pitch to > lock it, and a variant of the first idea where a wedge of the disc is > cut out after the hole is part-threaded (possibly located with > half-and-half roll pins). > > Any other ideas, or approaches that anyone has seen?
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