Wooden Thread Cutting
Cutting a thread in metal is a relatively easy affair, especially with the thread-chasing tools available for lathes. How cool would it be, to be able to easily produce a wooden thread – imagine all the applications! Tools, height adjustable stools, toys, wooden vice etc etc!
This video demonstrates a very, very simple tool for creating male and female threads.
Purchased from Carbatec, Melbourne – cost was about $65 (for the 1″ version). The price varies depending on the diameter of the thread, with the 1/2″ going for about $60 to the 1 1/2″ for about $70.
Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv)
Filed under: Podcast Tagged: | Carbatec, Thread Cutting, Video, Wooden Toys
hi i am really interested in buying the wood threading tool you have advertised on episode five i am having trouble locating it on carbatec website could you help me please
kind regards
liz
i am from england and was wandering if you know of any easier way for me to purchase this tool
Hi Liz,
Try this URL: http://www.carbatec.com.au/detailing-tools/wood-thread-boxes
Unfortunately, I don’t know any suppliers over in England, but what I’d suggest is going onto the English Woodworking Forums, and posting the question there, someone is sure to know, and that is a local forum for you, so it will be a local supplier. http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/
Good luck!
Axminster power tools sell them in the uk. Axminster.co.uk is the address and search for thread cutting tool.
Dan
I have three sets of Threading Sets, 1/2″ . . . 3/4″ . . . 1″.
If there are some written instructions as to “how to” use these tools, please inform me.
Joel Hairston
Nesbit, Mississippi . . . USA
Well to heck with written instructions, I can write my own instructions.
The tool is very easy to use and can best be used on oak and other hard woods . . . pine is an absolute NO NO NO . . . the threads will not be any good.
I will write some instruction help tips and publish later but for now, I am having fun “threading”.
Joel Hairston
Nesbit, Mississippi . . .USA
Instructions? That’s against ‘The Code’
Anyway – if a picture is worth 1000 words, what’s a video worth? 
Boy have things changed in the shed since that image was made – I can’t even remember what it was like working in there back then, other than movement was very crab-like, and walking was more step-trip-step-trip….