bizarre pitch

Stephen Birkett sbirkett@real.uwaterloo.ca
Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:41:27 -0500


Can anyone shed any light on:
(a) the origins of the strange 30tpi pitch on tuning lever head/tip 
joint threads?
(b) where to get a tap and die for threading this pitch?

Stephen
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