thread file?

[302]

Is there a particular thread file or rethreading set I should get, or will any be as good as the next?

I do automotive work.

 

[LB-1911]

A quick read till others come along -
Thread Files
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=288109

 

[OHMS LAW]

I got by with a metric thread file from oreilly for the last two years. When I need it it works

 

[Buckgnarly]

craftsman set, but not the in store on, the internet one. Bunch of reviews on here, saved my *** many a time.

 

[bobcatdan]

I'm sure there are others, but Lang, formerly know as Kastar is the OEM for every set I have seen. I have the SO branded set at work and just bought the Lang set which is identical from Fleet for $56 for home. The nice thing with paying the truck price is easy lifetime warranty. Rethread dies are easy to break if you try to hold them in a vise. Get the complete kit. You'll use the dies and taps way more then the files. I only use the files on large or odd stuff that the dies won't work on.

 

[619DioFan]

I have the craftsman rethreader set. works great. saved me a many times over the years. recommend it.

 

[txvwnut]

I have two Matco sets, one for work and one for home bought them when they were on sale about twenty years ago. Shortly after I bought the Matco ones I bought dad the Snap On version as it was the one on sale next. I actually liked the SO one a little better as it had a few more peices than the Matco.

 

[davethorik]

I bought a set made by Jaw Mfg I believe they aren't Kastar or Nicholson. They work well

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Nicholson Thread file set, 4 pc, from Amazon, $56, free shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001T4KRHC/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Well worth having.

Color caps on tubes Type 1 black cap: Regular bolt; 11-12, 13-14, 16-18, 20-24 TPI Type 2 red cap: Ex. Fine/ex. Coarse bolt; 9-10, 12-16, 20-27, 28-32 TPI Type 7 green cap: Regular pipe; 8-10, 11-1/2-14, 16-18, 24-27 TPI Type 8 blue cap: Metric Bolt;. 75-1.0, 1.25-1.5, 1.75-2.0, 2.5-3.0.

 

[dede2897234]

craftsman set, but not the in store on, the internet one. Bunch of reviews on here, saved my *** many a time.

302,

Like "Buckgnarly" suggested, the Craftsman 48 pc thread restorer set is high quality, very complete, and can be purchased for a relatively inexpensive price.

Here is a link to a YouTube video made by GJ member "woodstockva" on this Craftsman set: LINK.


Dave

 

[jim faston]

I bought a set made by Jaw Mfg I believe they aren't Kastar or Nicholson. They work well

+1 on these.

http://www.jawco.com/index.html

 

[Gidge]

302,

Like "Buckgnarly" suggested, the Craftsman 48 pc thread restorer set is high quality, very complete, and can be purchased for a relatively inexpensive price.

Here is a link to a YouTube video made by GJ member "woodstockva" on this Craftsman set: LINK.


Dave

Great video -- Thanks !

I think I see a 48 pc thread restorer set in my future.

 

[K-Dog]

Nicholson Thread file set, 4 pc, from Amazon, $56, free shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001T4KRHC/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Well worth having.

Color caps on tubes Type 1 black cap: Regular bolt; 11-12, 13-14, 16-18, 20-24 TPI Type 2 red cap: Ex. Fine/ex. Coarse bolt; 9-10, 12-16, 20-27, 28-32 TPI Type 7 green cap: Regular pipe; 8-10, 11-1/2-14, 16-18, 24-27 TPI Type 8 blue cap: Metric Bolt;. 75-1.0, 1.25-1.5, 1.75-2.0, 2.5-3.0.

Pardon my ignorance, but how do you use these ?

 

[Rickss96]

And an older discussion on Tap and die sets, thread restorers

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=251660

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Pardon my ignorance, but how do you use these ?

These are used on male threads on bolts and studs. Say someone started to cross thread a nut on a oddball bolt that you cannot get and you need to reinstall it. You select the proper file based on thread pitch (For example ½-13 thread) which is the top file in the pic, the LH side of it, the face that is showing, marked 13. You simply file the threads to remove the burrs and clean up the threads so the nut will smoothly spin on. Each file has a total of 8 different thread pitches on it and some are metric, some fractional. Its really quite simple.

YOUTUBE video on using a thread file.

Slightly better video on doing this.

Charles

 

[CNGsaves]

+1 on the Craftsman thread restorer complete set . . . great for the money.

As a kid, the poor man's approach my grandpa and dad used were various sizes of triangle files. You just file away the buggered up thread with the triangle file in the groove.

 

[Ign]

These are used on male threads on bolts and studs. Say someone started to cross thread a nut on a oddball bolt that you cannot get and you need to reinstall it. You select the proper file based on thread pitch (For example ½-13 thread) which is the top file in the pic, the LH side of it, the face that is showing, marked 13. You simply file the threads to remove the burrs and clean up the threads so the nut will smoothly spin on. Each file has a total of 8 different thread pitches on it and some are metric, some fractional. Its really quite simple.

YOUTUBE video on using a thread file.

Slightly better video on doing this.

Charles

WTH in the 2nd video link? The guy says he finds 27 tpi on the leaf gage and then correlates that to "one oh," so it sounds like he's using a fractional thread pitch gage and metric thread file.

It may work, but not recommended folks. Get a metric thread pitch gage if checking metric threads. Available on Amazon when you order your thread file.

1.0 should be 25.4 tpi, so a 27 couldn't have fit perfectly if he was looking closely.

 

[K-Dog]

These are used on male threads on bolts and studs. Say someone started to cross thread a nut on a oddball bolt that you cannot get and you need to reinstall it. You select the proper file based on thread pitch (For example ½-13 thread) which is the top file in the pic, the LH side of it, the face that is showing, marked 13. You simply file the threads to remove the burrs and clean up the threads so the nut will smoothly spin on. Each file has a total of 8 different thread pitches on it and some are metric, some fractional. Its really quite simple.


Charles

Got it.
Thanks a bunch.

 

[302]

Ordered a 3 piece thread file set off of the SnapOn truck for like 40 bucks. Not bad at all.

 

[Ponchoguy]

I'm sure there are others, but Lang, formerly know as Kastar is the OEM for every set I have seen. I have the SO branded set at work and just bought the Lang set which is identical from Fleet for $56 for home. The nice thing with paying the truck price is easy lifetime warranty. Rethread dies are easy to break if you try to hold them in a vise. Get the complete kit. You'll use the dies and taps way more then the files. I only use the files on large or odd stuff that the dies won't work on.

I believe Lang/A&E/Kastar also makes the Craftsman set. I bought it some years back and I want to say it was about $40 at that time?

 

[FullRaceMerc]

I love my thread files. Don't use them much, but they have solved more than one problem over the years.