Quote Originally Posted by celltech View Post
I am trying to grind and thread following Thunder's video. I must say, the bolt handle steel is actually much tougher than I expected. But after a combination of Dremel, bench grinder and hacksaw I got it shaved down. But for the life of me I can't get my die to bite in and start threading. It acts like it wants to start and then ppbbbtttt. Oh well, If I can't get it before my knobs show up I will just grind it down more and JB Weld them on.
I tried this last week and hit a void 1/2" down while threading and broke it off. Ended up JB-Welding it on. Looks good but time will tell if it holds up.