Problem finding L/H thread

[cresad67]

Hi

I've been given ( best price ) a router which has a 'small' problem. The bolt that holds the machine at a set hight has gone , usually has a thumb lever attached. It had been snapped off , I've managed to get the remains out - it was brass - but I can't find a replacment.

It's about M8 left hand thread and I think classed as a plunge lock bolt.The router is a cheapy sold by homebase and they don't want to know , their reply - for the price why mess about ?

I did try to get on off ebay but it was over the xmas period , the first excuse was he hadn't had a delivery ( so why sell it ? ) after that I was getting fobbed off with weather and other excuses ( did get a refund eventually ).

Can anyone help ?
Thanks , Adam

 

[madkayaker]

does it need to be LH thread or could you drill out and retap with m10?

 

[chunkolini]

Can you drill it out and retap it w th a RH thread?
I chucked cheapo router out a few weeks back, the collet had broken, I bet it had the same fixing as you need on it. Typical.
In fact I can remember making some kind of hideous repair to mine using a piece of m8 studding. Must be bodgeable.
Chunko'.

 

[brightspark]

tracy tools do left hand dies make one

 

[gavuk]

Prob l/h to stop it undoing ?......depends on rotation of tool ,

 

[Hitch]

Left hand, so the right hand thumb can operate it into the lock position easily.

 

[weldpete]

weldpete

does it need to be LH thread or could you drill out and retap with m10?

hi if yu want left hand taps and dies go to "merlin tools" on ebay
cheers p

 

[knoba]

Some unscrupulous personages might venture; " go to Homebase, buy an identical model, replace the old part with the new part, take back the broken new router & demand a full refund". Honestly... it's just this sort of shocking behaviour that is ruining the profits for Homebase shareholders...

A thread pitch gauge should tell you what the thread size is, cheap one's are good enough (£3 ish) . One should be able to source left-hand threads on the internet (the delivery charge may cost more, than the item being bought, though)...

 

[scott0031]

You could go but the cheapest m8 left hand male rose joint you can find, chop the thread off weld/braze a T or butterfly type top to it.


Kind regards,


Scott

 

[graffian]

I think you can buy LH thread bolt's and socket heads from wixroyd and Misumi[?].

HERE is an M8 caphead.