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...To tell me I'm an idiot, and it's left-hand threaded!
Arrgh....seriously, any company that doesn't mark LH thread stuff needs a swift kick in the tush!
Yes, I know better, no I didn't think of it until I'd already spent an hour making a fixture to hold the part in a vise then heating it with a torch. At least it was good practice making the fixture...facing, drilling boring and tapping off the top of my head.
Arrgh....seriously, any company that doesn't mark LH thread stuff needs a swift kick in the tush!
Yes, I know better, no I didn't think of it until I'd already spent an hour making a fixture to hold the part in a vise then heating it with a torch. At least it was good practice making the fixture...facing, drilling boring and tapping off the top of my head.