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[TheBoy]

...despite me checking the thread length with a useless egay seller, they have sent me some bolts with insufficient thread on.

Can I use a normal die to put a longer thread on?

[Nick W]

Yes, you won't make it any worse.


Why A2 stainless, rather than a decent quality steel bolt?


 Which are cheaper, stronger, easy to use and readily available.

[TheBoy]

Yes, you won't make it any worse.

It was about die being man enough, is stainless harder?

Why A2 stainless, rather than a decent quality steel bolt?

 Which are cheaper, stronger, easy to use and readily available.

Environment.

[Nick W]

Yes, you won't make it any worse.

It was about die being man enough, is stainless harder?

Why A2 stainless, rather than a decent quality steel bolt?

 Which are cheaper, stronger, easy to use and readily available.

Environment.

You're into boats, and buying shit from Ebay?

[TheBoy]

Whilst I quite like boats, I wouldn't say I was in to them.


Anyway, back to the question....

[Nick W]

A sharp die will be fine if the bolt is made of decent material. Which it won't be, so I'm changing my original answer to no.

[Andy B]

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It was about die being man enough, is stainless harder?

.......

A normal split die or die nut will cut the thread ..... stainless is actually softer 

How much thread do you need to cut? Will a washer or 3 not make up the difference?

[ronnyd]

Plenty of tapping compound, (Rocol or something nice and gooie like that). The biggest die and stock you can get for the size of thread and some extension tubes. Good luck. 300 ss is harder than 400 but is better quality.

[Andy B]

Plenty of tapping compound, (Rocol or something nice and gooie like that).....

Can you use tapping compound on a die? 

[ronnyd]

Plenty of tapping compound, (Rocol or something nice and gooie like that).....

Can you use tapping compound on a die? 

Of course, just brush it on  the unthreaded part of the bolt and do 1/4 turn at a time. Spent most of my working life doing crap like that.

[Mister Rog]

I wish I had some idea of what the hell this was all about . . . screwing or something ?

[Andy B]

Plenty of tapping compound, (Rocol or something nice and gooie like that).....

Can you use tapping compound on a die? 

Of course, just brush it on  the unthreaded part of the bolt and do 1/4 turn at a time. Spent most of my working life doing crap like that.

When do you turn back to break the swarf?   
I was always taught halfvturn forwards & quarter back 

[STEMO]

I wish I had some idea of what the hell this was all about . . . screwing or something ?

Hello, Rog, who woke you up?

[Andy B]

...despite me checking the thread length with a useless egay seller, they have sent me some bolts with insufficient thread on.

 .....

What size did you want? And did you want hex headed bolts or set screws or cap head bolts or cap headed set screws? But we dont have a massive selection .....

[Lizzie Zoom]

Yes, you won't make it any worse.

It was about die being man enough, is stainless harder?

Why A2 stainless, rather than a decent quality steel bolt?

 Which are cheaper, stronger, easy to use and readily available.

Environment.

You're into boats, and buying shit from Ebay?

Yes, TB cannot stay away from them.......he loves them really!