The shape of the cutting edge of the tool must conform to the profile of the thread to cut, that

is:

The shape of the cutting edge of the tool must conform to the profile of the thread to cut, that is:

V-thread, Acme thread, Square thread, Buttress thread.

The thread cutting tool must be set the level of the axis of the lathe spindle must also be perpendicular on the axis of the workpiece.

The thread cutting tool must be set the level of the axis of the lathe spindle must also be perpendicular on the axis of the workpiece.

The thread cutting tool must be set the level of the axis of the lathe spindle must also be perpendicular on the axis of the workpiece.

Setting the thread cutting tool to cut external and internal threads with the help of centre.

The thread cutting tool must be set the level of the axis of the lathe spindle must also be perpendicular on the axis of the workpiece.

Setting the thread cutting tool to cut external and internal threads with the help of centre.
The tip of the tool must be exactly perpendicular to the axis of the workpiece.

The feed selector must be shifted to neutral position before operation could proceed. In some lathes, the feed shaft must also be neutralized otherwise the halfnut cannot be engaged to the rotating leadscrew.

Other late machine manufacturers design the half nut to operate vice-versa.

The threading dial indicator, is only a guide for the operator to time the engaging of the halfnut to rotation of the work and the leadscrew in order for the tool to pass same groove on the workpiece everytime a cut is made.

After the proper pitch is set using a great train or the quick change gear box and the threading tool is positioned perpendicular to the axis of the work with the compound rest swivelled, the procedure to cut the thread will be as follows:

Adjust the cross-slide until the tip of the tool touch the surface of the work.

Adjust the cross-slide until the tip of the tool touch the surface of the work. Set the micrometer collars of both the cross slide and the compound rest to zero.

Adjust the cross-slide until the tip of the tool touch the surface of the work. Set the micrometer collars of both the cross slide and the compound rest to zero. Back off the tool and move it by hand using the carriage handwheel towards the tailstock until it clear the end of the work or toward, the headstock where the thread should start if it s to be cut left hand.

Move the micrometer collars back to zero. Adjust the compound slide a little forward for the initial cut. Start the machine.

Move the micrometer collars back to zero. Adjust the compound slide a little forward for the initial cut. Start the machine. Make yourself alert to stop the tool by disengaging the half-nut from the lead screw at the end of the thread particularly when your work has a shoulder.

Move the micrometer collars back to zero. Adjust the compound slide a little forward for the initial cut. Start the machine. Make yourself alert to stop the tool by disengaging the half-nut from the lead screw at the end of the thread particularly when your work has a shoulder. Back off the tool for the second subsequent cuts with cross-slide micrometer collar always set to zero every start of the cut.

If the distance travelled by the marking is found to be 4.0mm, and there are 200 divisions on the sleeve, every division will then represent:

If the distance travelled by the marking is found to be 4.0mm, and there are 200 divisions on the sleeve, every division will then represent:
4/200 = 0.02 mm of slide movement.

If the stationary part fronting the sleeve is provided with a vernier scale of 10 divisions, then the least count of the slide movement will be:

If the stationary part fronting the sleeve is provided with a vernier scale of 10 divisions, then the least count of the slide movement will be:
0.02/10 = 0.002mm or 2.0microns.