{"id":640,"date":"2012-07-02T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/implant-mechanix.com\/?p=640"},"modified":"2015-10-20T00:41:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T00:41:26","slug":"miniature-turning-screws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/02\/miniature-turning-screws\/","title":{"rendered":"Miniature Turning: screws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turning custom screws in small quantities is a significant part of my CNC turning business.<br \/>\nHere is a pair of typical screws I&#8217;ve cut.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"medium-3 columns\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/miniature_machining\/miniature_turning_panhead_screw.jpg\" class=\"swipebox-isotope\" title=\"Miniature turning: stainless steel panhead screw\"  rel=\"lightbox[640]\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/miniature_machining\/miniature_turning_panhead_screw.jpg\" class=\"adjusted_img\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"medium-9 columns\">\n<p>\nThe screw is turned from 303 stainless steel and is 0.500&#8243; long.<br \/>\nThese screws are a bit challenging to turn because they&#8217;re so long compared to their small diameter.<br \/>\nNormally they&#8217;d be made on a Swiss machine, but the quantities were far too small to justify setting up a Swiss lathe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"medium-3 columns\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/miniature_machining\/miniature_turning_molding_screw.jpg\" class=\"swipebox-isotope\" title=\"Miniature turning: Brass molding screws\"  rel=\"lightbox[640]\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/miniature_machining\/miniature_turning_molding_screw.jpg\" class=\"adjusted_img\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"medium-9 columns\">\n<p>\nThese screws are used to mold a thread in a plastic part.<br \/>\nThey are experimental; designed to prove out the molding process, so they&#8217;re made of free-machining brass.<br \/>\nA total of only 16 of these were made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turning custom screws in small quantities is a significant part of my CNC turning business. Here is a pair of typical screws I&#8217;ve cut. The screw is turned from 303 stainless steel and is 0.500&#8243; long. These screws are a bit challenging to turn because they&#8217;re so long compared to their small diameter. Normally they&#8217;d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miniature-turning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.implant-mechanix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}