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I needed to repair the threads on a u-bolt used to hold the spare tire on a trailer tongue.
Of course the other side of the u-bolt prevented the use of a regular die handle.
I started off with a 1 inch socket, but I would have needed a socket several inches deep to finish it.
I did not want to have to use a wrench to turn the die the full several inches.
So, I found a spare 1" socket and cut it up:
I bored out two pipe couplers:
test fit the socket parts:
parts ready to assemble:
I forgot to get a picture of the tack welds holding the socket pieces into the couplers.
(.......and both hands were busy during use ;^)
Now I have a die holder to use with any length thread.
I can use the cordless drill to zip the tap down the threads.
Just by changing the pipe length I could run a die the entire length of a threaded rod.
Sure the pipe threads may loosen on reversing the die, but that's usually not a problem most of the force occurs during forward operation. Since pipe threads are tapered, just re-tighten them a bit more.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
-brino
Of course the other side of the u-bolt prevented the use of a regular die handle.
I started off with a 1 inch socket, but I would have needed a socket several inches deep to finish it.
I did not want to have to use a wrench to turn the die the full several inches.
So, I found a spare 1" socket and cut it up:
I bored out two pipe couplers:
test fit the socket parts:
parts ready to assemble:
I forgot to get a picture of the tack welds holding the socket pieces into the couplers.
(.......and both hands were busy during use ;^)
Now I have a die holder to use with any length thread.
I can use the cordless drill to zip the tap down the threads.
Just by changing the pipe length I could run a die the entire length of a threaded rod.
Sure the pipe threads may loosen on reversing the die, but that's usually not a problem most of the force occurs during forward operation. Since pipe threads are tapered, just re-tighten them a bit more.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
-brino