Late night machining blunder

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I know some of you don't consider 1:30am late, but I'm getting old....Anyways, my buddy needed a couple shoulder bolts for his project which I volunteered to make.I started with 2 typical chevy head bolts that were coming out great.-shoulders were perfect, threads were tight, everything was peachy keen except for one thing.....Lincoln SA 200Esab Caddy 160Thermal Arc 201TSMiller Dialarc HFI don't like making plans for the day because then the word "premeditated" gets thrown around the courtroom....
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Reply:Originally Posted by SandyAxx backards??
Reply:DAM ! I hate when that happens. See you should be in bed by 11:00 !
Reply:Lol, you guys are too good!Yea, I'm pretty new to my lathe and it took probably 2hours ( estimation) to cut those but I was having a grand time! Cut a little, measure, admire; you know the routine.Got most the way through the second one when it dawned on me that I cut left hand threads!Oh well, it was still fun Lincoln SA 200Esab Caddy 160Thermal Arc 201TSMiller Dialarc HFI don't like making plans for the day because then the word "premeditated" gets thrown around the courtroom....
Reply:Just put em in from the other side....  Lincoln Precision TIG 185.Flex-Loc 150 torch.Super-Flex hose.Lincoln MIG 180.Victor Oxy/Act torch set.DeWalt Bandsaw with SWAG stand
Reply:lol, bulc eht nioJ
Reply:Ooopsy, hahaHey, they look great.
Reply:I remember doing the same thing many years ago. I figured it would be much easier to start at the shoulder and work towards the free end.Miller a/c-d/c Thunderbolt XLMillermatic 180 Purox O/ASmith Littletorch O/AHobart Champion Elite
Reply:Originally Posted by snowbirdlol, bulc eht nioJ
Reply:I made a puller a couple months back twice as I did not realize it was a left hand thread.
Reply:Dubl T i know , and i'm an idiot and sometimes in every ways possible, well left handed thread are sort of the natural thing to do on a lathe ;o)
Reply:Flip over the negative and problem solved. Was that so hard?
Reply:That's why a guy should be in bed by 10 and home by 11. Mr. HE