Comments by "SeanBZA" (@SeanBZA) on "Can We SAVE This $20K Cylinder Rod!? | Gouging SEIZED Nut" video.

  1. Well the choice is order a new rod, or a 50 50 chance it can be fixed for half the price of the new nut. At least the air arc was a lot faster than the alternative of place complete rod in lathe, then machine the nut off it.
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  2.  @TommiHonkonen  Even if he did cut deep, Kurtis could still weld it up enough to cut that thread back again, probably even fixing the original damage as well, then cutting to match the original nut if they had one. But now he just has ordered a big chunk of good quality steel, and is going to take 70% off it, in order to release the inner nut hidden in the block. Hopefully one of the new tools is a set of diamond hole saws, to cut out the inner section of 120mm steel, so that he can either save cutting tools, or reuse it on another job as bulk steel rod. After all, if you do not make it into chips, you save a lot of time.
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  3. Has to be, lots of tension applied to those threads when in use, so the area of thread has to be much larger than the rod area to not suffer from fatigue. Plus only half of the thread area is engaged at best, simply because of the machining, and needing to keep some space for the nut to turn when installing or removing.
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