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    Hyd. cyl gland nut

    The gland nut on 1 of the Siamese cylinders had some weak looking threads once I had it removed. I decided I should make a new one rather than try and clean up the threads on the old nut.
    I started out with a roller I had left over from a bygone era of manufacturing 2 post lifts
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    I faced off 1 side
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    then bored to size deep enough to make the nut
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    Then added the wiper grove
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    Then turned the OD and treaded to 12TPI and used a stone to smooth the threads
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    Its hard to see but I scribed a mark on the OD incase I needed to return the nut to the lathe and take off a little more of the thread depth
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    Once satisfied the nut would mate up to the threads in the cylinder I chucked it from the opposite side and removed the excess thickness
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    the finished nut
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    Assembly
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    Carving a piece of wood makes the best drift for tapping the gland in place. My brass and aluminum drifts were too large in diameter.
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    I will put this in my tool box to use again
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    Fully assembled
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    Thanks Frank S! We've added your Hydraulic Cylinder Gland Nut to our Miscellaneous category,
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    Thanks for the luck on my forklift project, Frank. I heated the end of the pin for a couple three minutes with a small welding tip and whacked the pin and it started moving. Sitting on the bench right now waiting for me to pull it apart.

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    Nice work Frank. Always amazing what you can do with some scrap and the proper tools.

    The tendency to save "everything" pays even larger dividends now that I have a lathe. I now understand how a sculptor can look at a rock and "see" the art inside. Now I see parts inside of other parts. The trick is getting them to come out.

    Now if I can just find a mill....

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    Quote Originally Posted by piper184 View Post
    Nice work Frank. Always amazing what you can do with some scrap and the proper tools.

    The tendency to save "everything" pays even larger dividends now that I have a lathe. I now understand how a sculptor can look at a rock and "see" the art inside. Now I see parts inside of other parts. The trick is getting them to come out.

    Now if I can just find a mill....
    The worst thing about getting a mill is you will start to invent things you would never have thought of. I'm starting to think of a scraper and a surface grinder



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