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Thread milling would work, but I figure it would be much more expensive, and there has to be a better way. Millions of galvanized nuts get made each year!

Hi!

I'm going to tap some A36 steel for a 5/8" 11 Hot Dipped Galvanized bolt.

I know I need an oversized tap. I've googled and all the documentation I found refers to tapping it .02" oversize....

I will give casting another look.

In the meantime I've used some online steel supplier pricing systems to find that there can be a huge price difference (per pound) in different thicknesses. So...

Peter,

I agree that fatigue would normally be an issue. But this is for a sailboat I am converting to a displacement speed electric powerboat. There won't be a sail. There will be some wind...

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I am designing a steel keel for a sailboat. I want to cut a hydrodynamic shape - an airfoil. I plan to do this as a 2D shape in plate steel. I am aiming for 1200 - 1500 lbs of...

Hi folks!

I've outsourced CNC plywood cutting before - Got great parts back, the glue up went great, got the desired results.

Now I'm thinking of outsourcing the whole production on a new...