Greenfield Tap & Die: Economic and Historical Analysis

[Uglydog]

Found this document about GTD.
While it will not change how you thread, I found it a vivid reminder that there is a long proud history of thread making with economic and sociological implications.

http://www.wsc.mass.edu/mhj/pdfs/Ducharme summer 2006 combined.pdf

Daryl
MN

 

[Silverbullet]

Good read , I have a fair amount of old taps and dies from those named .

 

[benmychree]

I have two sets of the collet type dies and taps, 1/4" to 3/4", coarse and fine; I do not use them very often, since I mostly chase threads in the lathe or use Geometric automatic dies for longer threads, also in the lathe; having said that, the collet type dies are handy for quick & dirty small jobs, especially since the chasers can be reversed in the holder so that one can thread right up to a shoulder if necessary.
I found the article quite interesting, in that the company was quite paternalistic and offered many social programs to its employees and decent wages, but was in turn "plagued with strikes" I shouldn't think that happy employees would feel the need to strike.

 

[ch2co]

Fascinating history. Thanks. I still have quite a few GTD taps and dies in my stable.

 

[Chuck K]

Found this document about GTD.
While it will not change how you thread, I found it a vivid reminder that there is a long proud history of thread making with economic and sociological implications.

http://www.wsc.mass.edu/mhj/pdfs/Ducharme summer 2006 combined.pdf

Daryl
MN

Back when companies understood that happy workers were productive workers. Today they just want to work their employees to death for as little as they can get by paying.