geometric die head chasers

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- Bill S
  
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19 years ago

Fri, Sep 10, 2004 4:42 PM

I purchased a small 5/16 geometric die head recently because I had to make a fairly large quantity of screws for a clock project I'm finishing. It really worked well and I'm very pleased with the results. I have a question about the chasers that fit into the head. I purchased a few sets on ebay and noticed that they have different letter markings preceding the placement number on the chaser. These prefixes have the letters A1, J1, L1, W1, Y1 and U1. They precede the numbers 1,2,3,4 on the chaser sets. I'm also not sure how the chamfer and face grind affect their use. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks, Bill S

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- Mike Henry
  
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19 years ago

Sun, Sep 12, 2004 4:25 AM

I've never heard of the A1...U1 designations for chasers, which means nothing at all as I'm just a hobbyist. I do have a couple of old Gemtric catalogs with some info on the chamfers and face grinds and I could send you the relevant portions of that. Email me if you'd like that. Mostly I just use whatever chaser match the thread form needed, though the choice should depend on material.

You might also try emailing Quality Chaser and see if they can decipher the prefixes for you.

Mike

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- George
  
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19 years ago

Sun, Sep 12, 2004 3:14 PM

I believe that the letters are sort of like the numbers on a golf ball. They are random letters assigned to a set of chasers so that you won't get two sets of chasers mixed up. Of course the numbers must be put into the corresponding slot of the die head.