On 04/01/2014 10:32 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: > > Until the early 1990ies, many lathes were produced in Germany with inch > screws and a 127 teeth gear wheel to drive them in order to end up with > metric threads. > But that means you can't disengage the half nuts and re-engage them for the next threading pass. Seems like a very hard way to go for production, although perfectly acceptable for rare cases where you need a thread the lathe can't provide.
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