G9729 Half Nuts

"Experience cost! How much you wanna pay!"

Been there done that :bawling:
 
I'm not going to worry about the half nuts for awhile. Seems like the "newbie" has learned a little bit with the help of the folks here. I adjusted the carriage gib to where there wasn't so much pressure and put more oil on the ways and things are looking a lot better now. I also bought another half nut as a back up because there is some wear on the current one I'm using. Thanks for everyone's help and advice.
 
Do not use the carriage feed for roughing cuts, including finish cuts if you can hand feed a decent finish. A HSS shear tool will allow really nice finishes when slow hand feeding.
 
Do not use the carriage feed for roughing cuts, including finish cuts if you can hand feed a decent finish. A HSS shear tool will allow really nice finishes when slow hand feeding.

Thanks I'll give this a try. Haven't been out in the shop for a while now due to the Florida heat. Cooling off now so I be out there soon making some nothings! LoL
 
If you decide to give half nuts a try eventually, you might go ahead and get a reversing idler made since it will be required. Even if you decide against making your own nuts, it will come in handy for those odd ball LH threading jobs occasionally. Here's one I made and it works well in the existing empty slot on the change gear plate.
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