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Last night I was using a die to cut threads into a 3mm brass rod. I was doing this dry, and snapped off a section entirely inside the die. At first, I couldn't figure out how to remove it, but then I realized I could use a jeweler's saw. I sawed in from one hole, slowly turning to exit at another hole, then went back and sawed through the remaining hole to end up with three pieces, at which point the three pieces just dropped out and I had a working die again. (Now with some tap magic to avoid a repeat performance. 😬)

But also this die is a HF piece of junk and it's time for me to up my game. Time to go shopping for higher-quality metric and SAE die sets...☺

#machining