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How do you thread a screw on the lane without shearing it off?

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I've been trying to create a dial hip screw, and I'm running into an issue when threading the screw with an M0.7 thread.  I can create the rough form of the screw from O1 steel with little issue, but creating the thread is where things can go wrong really quickly.  I am using a thread plate, and I've seen tutorials which say to hold the thread plate square against the screw by using the tailstock as a brace.  I use tapping fluid, apply gentle pressure to the tailstock lever and I'm very generous with regards to advancing the headstock to cut the thread, and then backing off to help break chips.  But each time I get nearer to the base of the screw near the head, I end up shearing the screw off completely from the rest of the body.  With a screw that small, you have almost no feedback from the screw if you're going too hard, which ends up breaking the screw.  I turn the screw shank to be a little longer than the width of the die plate, so that there's something to grab with a pin vice if it breaks off.  What can I do to better my chances of success?

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You won't get any feedback offering the plate to the screw by lathe, at either the pmate or headstock where the screw is mounted. I'd go for offering the screw to the plate, by hand in a thin pin vice, you'll feel much more of the process.

How good is the cutter ?

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