This post originally appeared on the In the Loupe blog.

 Cutting threads is an important element of machining. Even if you aren’t into making your own, custom-sized threads, it still helps to know how to create them. We’ve seen customers get pretty creative with their machines and cutting methods, but with a Tormach mill, there are three main ways to cut threads.

We started doing a thread milling demo in our CNC workshops about 6 months ago