Threading Blind Holes
There are three accepted methods of threading blind holes:
- Conventional tapping, especially with bottom taps
- Single-point threading, where the workpiece is rotated, and a pointed cutting tool is fed into the workpiece at the same rate as the pitch of the internal thread. Single-pointing inside a blind hole, like boring inside one, is inherently more challenging than doing so in a through hole. This was especially true in the era when manual machining was the only method of control. Today, CNC makes these tasks less stressful, but nevertheless still more challenging than with through holes.
- Helical interpolation, where the workpiece remains stationary and CNC control moves a milling cutter in the correct helical path for a given thread, milling the thread.
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