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Unless you are an engineer, don't overthink it.....
Hahahahaha! I am an engineer (BSME) how did you know?
My wife calls it a mental illness society has just found a way to harness. ;-)
Unless you are an engineer, don't overthink it.....
But overthinking things is what we do.fixed.. Even if you are an engineer, don't over think it!
I have a excel program that I use for the threads I deal with in my job. It calculates the OD's, ID's to prepare the cutting the thread to as well as pitch diameters of internal and external threads. Also measurement over wires and best wire size for external threads. And last, creates dimensions to cut threads for soft gauges. It's only set up for class 2 threads. It maybe too much to for the average HSM. If interested, I'll see if I can post it in the down load section. I also have drawings that you just fill in the blanks for shop use in making gauges.
I would be interested in the spreadsheet if you don't mind sharing.
Here you go. Try to see if this will open. If you can't get it to open, I'll try to upload it in the download section.
Here is the link in the download section.
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/resources/thread-program.2496/
This might be a silly thought, or I do not understand fully what you are trying to do. Why not use the old barrel stub as your plug gauge? It fit once and worked well, shouldn't a well made copy suffice for your purposes? Who knows? You may get a in-accurate plug gauge to your receiver. Slim chance----but possible!