It's all very interesting. My TNS Radial mandrel is still going strong with it's phenolic insert after years of use. I agree with Eric that things need to be done right. I guess Tommy used the good stuff.
But metal is metal. I would rather have it too, but I wonder how tapping it is going to go? Hard brass with a Radial tap? OOOF! Phenolic is hard enough to tap with this particular thread. If someone can do it in brass, cool! Perhaps they can teach me.
Now, if you can cut a female Radial thread with live tooling, it's a different matter, but I understand it's a challenge. You need a special thread mill. I wonder what that baby would cost? Perhaps not too bad...I don't know.
Has anyone on here successfully cut a thread in brass with a Radial tap? I know I can't do it.
Don't all speak at once.
Eric, if you got your mandrels from the guy that makes your pins obviously it was no problem for him, but you use a 3/8-10, don't you? Radial pin is a special case I think. That was my only point.
Robin
"It threads just as easily if not easier." Are you sure about that? With a Radial pin??
