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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