1210 factory threads

[PLUMBER RICK]

smorris, want to thank you for a machine that produces a thread similar to the factory threads;)

i had a 1'' gas job yesterday with fletcher coat (green coating). typically this is a pain to thread with hand dies or a 700 12r dies. the coating is too thick for the die head to slip threw the follower.

so i bring my 1210 oil less 40# threader to the job and sit it on the grass:D the threads this little machine cuts are identical to a factory thread:). sure i could have brought my heavy 300 machine or my heavier collins 22a or even my 700 with a tripod. but i chose to use my 1210.

the little threader that could:D

thanks steve for the great machine. can you design a 300 die head with the oil less dies and cooling fluid for 1.25''-2'':confused:

rick.

[Bob D.]

I always liked those Collins machines when I got a chance to use one. I like the automatic jaws and fast cutting and cutting oil pumped right through the head. Those were features you didn't find on most threaders 30 years ago.

[smorris]

smorris, want to thank you for a machine that produces a thread similar to the factory threads;)

Thanks! Always good to hear someone using it. Although not sold in quantities like the larger machines, it is still one of my favorites, and I know it is one of yours, too.

An oilless larger machine would generate so much heat in the threads that the speed would need to slow to a crawl. Just compare the heat when threading 1/2" vs. 1" and imagine what 2" would be like. Picture big smoking blue chips coming off of the pipe. Imagine what that would do to die life.


Thanks again,
Steve