where would we be without the dial indicator? a true friend of the machinist!

Even though I don't have some of these machines, I always get some value out of these videos. Some day I'll have a small shop.

Joe, putting the DTI on the end of the boring bar was bloody brilliant. I can see some other uses for this idea! Well done Also, when you visit the Fang Farrier (dentist) don't be shy about putting in a request for his or her broken tools. They only throw them out, and they can be very useful to us "engineers" 😎

Joe this is an absolutely brilliant method! That bit about putting the test indicator on the ass end of the boring bar..... That's just great!

Hi Joe - your use of the split thread for clarity purposes is a great teaching aid . Keep the great videos a coming ! thannks for taking the time to do this

Yes, great video! I laugh every time you say "unloosen"😁 I enjoy and learn something every time I watch your channel. Keep sharing the knowledge!

I have in the past done it strictly visual by adjusting as the tool rubs in one point. Using the dial indicator to split the difference is a good idea.

Thank you for showing Joe. The say, that when you stop learning you are done, well, following you and your videos I can categorically say I will never stop learning, THANK YOU FROM MD AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.

When I was an apprentice, I was shown this technique, but used the compound slide to find the centre of the groove. The indicator was looking at the compound movement. It is also the same technique for an outside thread to be picked up. The only difference was that after the lathe engagement and had checked the thread pitch , the chuck was hand turned in the direction of the thread cut. This made sure there was no backlash in the gear train. Also lock the carriage so it is stable in position. Great post Joe as always.

I learn something new every time I watch your videos.

A clever machinist, with lots of actual experience, willing to share his techniques. Many thanks.

Hey Joe, I love your videos. They are an example of logical problem solving and lateral thinking. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

IT is over 50 years that I have operating many type of engine lathes ,Turret lathes and CNC lathe . I never new how to pick up an inside thread. Thanks a lot i really appreciate this video. Thanks Thanks again and again.

Best teacher ever, I’m always learning new things on this channel. Big thank you Joe your the best 👍🏻

Last time I chased a thread was using standard Aloris holders and an insert bar. I used the compound to feel either side of the thread and noted the travel and backlash. Bounced back and forth until I found the root and backed off a few thou. Make sure you have all the backlash loaded in the correct direction on everything! Especially the half nut. Joe I like the use of the indicator. I was running more seat of the pants to chase a very large UNS optical thread.

I learned how to do threading from your vids. Made my first thread yesterday but I forgot to put it in reverse and made a pristine left handed thread hahaha live and learn. You r a genius man. Thank you

Thanks for sharing this idea, thankfully I have not had to pick up internal threads yet but have picked up on a number of external ones. I really like your idea for threading with the spindle in reverse and am now looking for a reverse threading bar to the one I have. Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks, it is very much appreciated as you have some cool ways pf doing things!

Awesome technique, as always, Joe! Thanks for posting. The concept of threading away from the chuck is just brilliant. So simple, why hasn’t it been done like this forever?

Another great tip Joe - I had moved the tool but had not thaught to use the indicator to find the center - so simple, Thanks

Joe, I wish I saw this video yesterday as I was cutting a 1-7/8 x 6 spindle adapter. One of the threads got buggered up near my undercut and I had a seriously hard time picking the thread back up to finish the job. Now I know for next time! Thank you as always for what you do for us novices.

Another good video Joe!.... One caveat might be, for novice machinist, is to not forget that the job came in as a repair, meaning that the threads will be mashed, rolled over, gouged, etc, so their start number of .020" in this video case, needs to be sneaked up on to avoid chipping a tool on the damaged spots. Well done !

Your instructional videos have made me a much better machinist. I am so thankful for your material and your friendly presentations. I live in a remote location in Greenland and access to your videos gives me access to the best teaching anywhere, yours! Thank you, thank you.

Joe Pie you are a genius! That is a technique to remember, also cutting out away from the chuck, good solid advice! Many Thanks Chris B.

Good solid solution to an awkward problem. Thanks Joe, I'm still learning!

Another great Pieczynski original. Fantastic. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

Fabulous video. Beautifully shot with great camera angles. Thank you very much !

Fantastic! That is one job that has always caused me the most grief... Thanks! The boring\threading bar jig is outstanding...one holder and all bar sizes on center.... amazing.

Wow, you just made your own "Half Nut" LOL I always enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!

Thanks Mr. 3.14 for all your video tips. This is one of my favorites!! CJ

The Arachnid on your whiteboard looks more like an Formicidae... Anyway, this is another of your videos that I liked very much. Your way of explaining of what and why you are doing things is something that makes me follow your channel. Being an amateur machinist with an engineering background, I learn something new by watching your videos. Regards from the Nethrlands.

Joe, where the hell were you 40 years ago when I started Machining?? If I ever get to Austin someday, I want to shake your Hand. you are awesome. Keep it coming.

another great video Joe! Thanks.... i have learned a hell of alot watching your videos !! You are a true craftsman!

Nice procedure Joe, I wrote to you last winter about a similar situation, I was into during restoration on a very old screw jack that had broken on my Grandfather when a wood wheel came off the axle on a fully loaded hay wagon being pulled horse team on the way back to the barn it was sometime in the mid-s20. My father always told the story about Papa pulling the broken jack out from under the wagon mad as hell and walk over to huge gully and toss it as far as he could. The jack was rediscovered in the early s70s when the farm was being developed into an apartment complex by an excavator operator that was good friends with my father. I guess since it was buried deeply in a clay swamp it was preserved fairly well. That's when I first heard the story about the jack, my dad was about ten years old at the time it happened. My dad hung onto that broken old jack for the rest of his life and it was passed on to me with the request to get it working again. I did, but it's only an ornamental piece now. I could have done a much better job had I saw your video first. My sister has it hanging on a wall in her family room now along with many other artifacts from our family. Thanks!

Excellent! I learned a lot. Great training aid, it makes it very easy to understand what is happening (out of normal sight).

Hey Joe, thank you so much for your efforts and planing to present relevant and purposeful video content to our machinist community. BTW, please start a senior division for your maze challenge for the 2020 Summer Bash, no prizes needed, just bragging rites for us old machinists.

Learning lots from your videos Joe...Thank You

Incredibly clear and instructive! Thanks a lot Joe!

I have to agree with Keith Monarch, this is a great video, you done it again Joe.

Joe, this has been a godsend for me. Threading in reverse is a revelation making it so easy to work to a dead stop or should I say from a dead stop. Brilliant! I just did an internal thread only 1.5 mm deep and 0.5mm pitch!

Great trick! Thanks Joe! I also like the boring/threading bar holder and adapters. I am going to have to make some of those.

One of my most valuable go to tools is joe pie videos ! Great stuff thenks !

Great video. Love the cut away and in depth explanation! Subscription added!!

Fantastic technique and perfect explanation. Thank you for sharing your expertise and knowledge with us!

Great tutorial! Never would of thought to cut the piece in half to demonstrate.👌👍

Great video, as usual. Always something new to learn.

Great solution as always. Well presented. Thanks for everything you do. I've learned an awful lot from you over the years - many thanks!

Excellent demonstration, I was impressed by the floating collet,so simple but very effective,

Good stuff Joe. The half part was great for the visual. I've had to do this a few times... more so with od threading. I once had to pick up a 10-32 thread on the cnc to thread mill it a little larger when it shrunk with heat treating. Basically used the same principle as you have described here.

When you said 'un-loosen', I nearly wet my pants. Love it, great info as always. Kindest regards. Joe.

Thanks for the lesson, Joe!

that was brilliant joe. thanks for showing how to pick up an internal thread. you are an arsenal of very usefull machining information and totally love your channel. thumbs up bigtime.

Great Technique as well as video Joe Thanks heaps for this along with all your other tutorials. This is not something I have encountered as yet however I am aware now of a sound and accurate process to do this. Many thanks Joe from John, Australia.

Awesome as always Joe!

Great video as usual. Good content and info and camera work. I never stop learning from you. Thanks for sharing with us. Dan

Another excellent video Joe. For demonstration purposes a strobe light is a very handy tool for viewing rotating elements.

Genius Joe, Thank you very much!

Thanks Joe. Always very helpful

Thank you very much Joe. You are one smart man I love you videos.

That's a pretty clever solution. I like the use of the indicator to pick up that blind measurement for getting centered.

Thankyou as always Joe! Great video!

Engine Lathes are easy. I was doing this 30 years ago. I just came up with a new process two days ago on a CNC lathe without a compound. 3 5/8-12 ID thread repair on a 10' long telescoping tube. I picked a position behind the Chuck to make a timing mark on the Head Stock and Mounting Ring. I used a small amount of JB Weld to cover a small spot of about the first 4 thread. After setting Z0 at the end of the tube I checked the timing marks then moved the threading bar to the center of the first full thread. Marked down Z-.175" I set program to start at Z+.100". Run first pass and stopped. Checked the marks over the JB Weld. Looked Good. Run the Program to end. Needed minor adjustment to X diameter and about 0.004" to Z. Ran 10 tubes before quitting time.

More Joe Pie amazing wisdom! Thanks for sharing...

Hi Joe Excellent video again, I used to work in a Ballscrew factory in Coventry 🇬🇧,1980 to 2005 and nobody cut threads weather it was a ball track or threads the way you do, I now do it your way, thinking about it your way would have helped a lot!

Very cool and exacting method of picking up the threads after a screw up when threading. I’m a total novice but just recently was trying to make a spindle nut protector for L-00 spindle on my old Clausing 5900 lathe in which I’m adding a lever collet closer . Anyway I screwed up midway cutting the external 3.5” x6tpi thread. I spent about 30 minutes thinking about how I save the mostly finished nut I was making and did a lot of what was described in this video. I love the the indicator because I just eyeballed my repositioning of the boring bar. This was very cool. Thanks again. I really like your videos Joe. They almost always hit home as very useful.

Great video Joe, thanks for the tip can't wait to try it 👍👍

Top tip as usual. Thanks Joe.

Good tip! Great video! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!.

Joe, in short. What a fantastic idea/video to perform I.D. thread repairs What a great process 😁...

Excellent demo Joe!

Excellent information! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing your technique sir joe, i was taught to chase thread using compound slide, not very effective.. Great video tutorial.👍

Just used this method to get a draw bar to take all of the collets, Thanks again for the informative videos.

Awesome Video JOE Just got in 3 different sizes IL threading tools and inserts. Always had used company threading tools and inserts. Seen it done several different ways . This is the only was I have seen that works 100% for me. Thanks for sharing these younger guys I know will be in the shop first thing trying this. Awesome video as usual Watching in Alabama

I watched this for the 2nd time now I know what I did wrong. The grammar is fine with this old rascal. Thx Joe

Nice video techniques, you are no amateur. Also like the way you used a sectioned piece of work to illustrate the cut. I've known of turning from, how would you say, on the back side with the spindle turning backwards, nothing like threading a blind hole, done it many times, making camera lens adapters, etc. I've always done the threading by "feeling" where the bit was, not by using the dial indicator and splitting the difference to find the center of the thread. Nice work, as usual. Jim

Pro tips as ever, great use of cutaway part👍

great video, thanks I can see this being very useful in my shop..keep the vids coming

Just watched two of your videos today and you used the word "unloosen" in both of them. I'm furious! - Love the tips by the way, thank you.

the hardest thing sometimes is to get the part to run true in the chuck. then deal with the baclash in the machine. thanx joe i do like the bar setup with the indicator!!

Nice. Can't wait to give it a try. Thanks

Nice demo Joe thanks.

Nice demo. Thanks joe.

what a neet idea ! well done sir ! thank you for sharing ! in the future I may well need that ! Bob......

Joe, I have learned so many techniques from your videos. Very fine educational materials you offer us. Thanks for sharing.

I hope I never have to use that trick. At the very beginning of this demonstration My only thought was, how's he gonna line this up. very clear demonstration Thanks Joe

As usual very well described. The only suggestion that I would make would be to determine the speed that you intend to run the part since on some lathes changing the speed after locating the tool can create a problem concerning location.

Great tip with the indicator sir Joe,, I like the reverse threading too, the bushing is a bonus tip never thought of that👍 keep em coming.

Great demo Joe, thanks. Tend to wonder if backlash is catered for satisfactorily.

VERY well done Joe! Great demo and explanation on a useful task!

Excellent tip, I would never had thought of that technique. I have only just purchased some interchangeable boring bar holder's, after using a standard square shank holder for umpteen years. Thanks for sharing and best regards from the UK.

very slick.. nice work..

Something to remember, thanks.

My very first attempt at picking up a thread was on an internal. It certainly wasn't voluntary! Thankfully, it was on a large bore, 5 tpi, and near the beginning of that operation, so it was a little easier to absorb any differences in how the tool bit was set. That slip was the first of several that convinced me that the old original lantern tool post could not be trusted. There are "turret" tool posts, I started calling this one my "tourette's" tool post, as it became the cause of several sudden outbursts of profanity ...

awesome lesson and now another build project for the list....atb

Yes I'm agree with you. Thanks

I was wondering about your boring tool holder from previous videos. Nice design!

Excellent idea. My old Southbend 9A might have an issue running backwards as that could unscrew the Chuck. I will give it a try with real light cuts. Thank you.

Thanks Joe for another great demonstration. I haven't had the opportunity in my few years working a lathe to repair internal threads, I will definitely play with your procedure for the fun of it; who knows when a job comes up when needed. I so look forward to your instructions. Bob from Arlington, Washington State

Havent ran into this yet, but when it does it's in my tool box.

My heartiest salutes to you for the most innovative and out-of-book solutions to such unusual challenges. I have learnt a lot from your videos (just like many others! ) and someday I hope to meet you and hold your hand to say Thanks. By the way I have doubts that this technique may not hold good for 26 TPI or finer threads, but hope you may come with some genious solution for that too!