Are you looking to cut new threads or dress up damaged threads? If the
latter then maybe all you need is a thread file. If cutting new and for any
distance you may need a few of those cheapie dies, especially if threading
through a good chrome plating.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 5:05 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Seeking threading dies

Ah -- I never considered Amazon a source for machinist's tools. Now I know
better! Thanks, David B!

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 08/27/2014 01:25 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 04:21 PM 8/27/2014, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> Indeed. But at $70 for the smaller and $89 for the larger, those are
>> hardly "good" prices. At least according to my wallet.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Right-Hand-Thread-Die-TPI/dp/B008B2GM6A/ref=pd_s
> im_indust_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KKFDH9HBD06CMH9ZMD6
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Right-Hand-Thread-Die-TPI/dp/B008B1VTY6
>
> d