Re: Source of hardened aluminum rod between 0.045" and 1/16"?

From: Phedon Tsiknopoulos <phedon21t_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:59:43 -0700

Are you talking about a 0-80 machine
Screw ( .059" dia) in hard 7075-T6 aluminum alloy.
I know Small Parts carries those in nylon.
But the alum. ones I can make in my watchmakers
Lathe.
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On Apr 30, 2014, at 6:42 PM, <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Nope, they don't have aluminum rod in the right size range either.
>
> It does not appear that anyone makes aluminum screws in the sizes we'd need.
> I've contacted dozens of suppliers with no luck in the past year and finally gave up.
> I ordered the tap/die I need, now it is just a matter of finding the material to make them from.
> I can't jam a 1/8" rod into the die and if I were to sand it down that much, I think it would lose the temper.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
>
>
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