A question for the lathe guys

[Mcfish]

Thanks for the suggestions! They are all worth investigating. I'll be passing them on to our engineering team this morning.

 

[4GSR]

I'm having a Indian war dance Friday at my house. Your engineer is invited.

 

[rogertoolmaker]

I have a customer who needs a 7/32 od x 50' long round bar. They requested stainless, but I'm having no luck finding that or their favored replacement O1 drill rod.

My question is, I can find the O1 drill rod in 12' sections. How realistic is it to think these sections could be threaded and expect them to fit up damned near perfect so that there is a seamless fit? This 50' piece is in essence a pull/push setup that cannot mar what it is pushing through.

I wish I could be more specific but that starts to get into proprietary grey area.

Thanks for any and all help.

7/32 rod in coil. Run it through a rod straightener and cut it length. This is not a job for the lathe. For fifty-foot length the part would be done in a steel mill setting where they have the facilities to draw the rod to size and straighten. The next question is how to transport the finished part. This sounds like some off the wall, engineering student test question.

Roger

 

[EmGo]

I'm having a Indian war dance Friday at my house. Your engineer is invited.

What position is he going to play -- General Custer ?