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We call them rose joints

a propelling pencil as an apparatus for writing where the lead is propelled out of the front by twisting the body parts or rear knob. I still use my mothers old silver Yard-O-Led!!!!!!

My Alum comes from a spice shop

It will dissolve any steel so only use on non ferrous components, one of the tricks to help things along is to have a hypo with some mixture in it and slide down the flute of the broken tap to flush new alum mixture down the hole, speeding up the process. I just stand my tub on top of a warm...

Sorry Steve but these two threads are not the same on two counts. 3/16 is 0.187 and no 10 is 0.192. 3/16 x 40 is 55deg and no 10 x40 is 60 deg. not much but in these small sizes VERY important.

As its a revolution counter it could be used for coil winding or anything that needs a specific rev count.

to be super safe use a floating reamer holder!

when I make my D bits I find it easier to get reliable dims if you harden then grind, making them from carbide is even better!

I tend to make D bits for small main bearing bores