The one thread roller I've seen (Fette?) had rolls w/ a slot ground on one side that engaged a matching tab on the roller body. I presumed it had a couple gears in the body to keep them "timed". You can buy the rolls. The body looks fairly simple to make.
SMD On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net>wrote: > On 26.02.12 14:14, Roland Jollivet wrote: > > And I thought thread rolling required huge rollers.... > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt8VfgfWa54 > > > > OK, it is a small OD, but I did'nt think it was doable. The whole > > contraption looks pretty lightweight . > > Hey, yes, that's very doable-looking. Found this while looking at your > link. Mebbe it comes close to setting a lower technology and rigidity > limit?: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qN0XX8Byj8&feature=related > > Is the thread depth to be rolled perhaps more the limitation for lighter > gear, than diameter? (Not sure.) > > It looks as if the rollers just synchronise themselves. That's > intriguing. > > Erik > > -- > If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything. > - A. L. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users