this single print paid for my 3d printer

Custom threads in f360? That's the real winner of the video

For your first design, try chamfering the end of the dowel before trying to jam it into the newly formed threads. This should provide a ramping start-of-cut and may help with the self-alignment

"I bet Jesus could do this with hand tools..." What a great line! 😂

They didn't have special machines or tools when they made those old woodworking benches. They drew on a spiral on the dowel, sawed a kerf along that line and then used rasps and files to form the threads.

I'm a simple man. I see a Swedish Maker video, I watch and like. Edit: MORE COW CAMEOS! I'm so jealous you have cows. I love cows.

Don't sweat the cows. They sound much better in the background than sirens and g_nfire. I love your life, too!

I would say to 3d print a section of the final threaded dowel that you can mount on the front end of the dowel. Then you could use that to get it started through your original jig and then once the bit starts cutting the threads, that's what will pull the dowel along as you twist it. Not all that different from your idea just with the advantage of having to print a shorter section and not needing to reposition the or print a really long thread like you did. But goo perserverance in hammering out the problem.

Perseverance is the final take of this video, and this is what you have with every video you do. You do not give up and neither should we.

Congratulations on passing the Engineering 101! The thread experiment oughta have given you a solid feel for tolerances, and when it comes to mechanical engineering, that's seriously half the battle. Amazingly done! I look forward to seeing what this actually will come out as.

I did the same thing in the 1980s with zero computers. And it probably took me a lot less time (from start to completed product in the same day). All I needed was two tight guides for the dowel, the 60 degree V bit, and a jig which held a 60 degree pin, similar to the bit, inside the second guide. The jig allowed the pin to adjust toward and away from the bit location. The jig held the pin at 90 degrees to the bit orientation. I had to "freehand" the first turn of a thread until the pin took over. Once the guided threads reached the guide it dramatically improved in consistency. Then I just disposed of the free-handed tip.

As someone playing a bit with wood and 3D printing and trying to get back to 3D moddeling, I can tell you that you perseverance is worthy of respect. I totally understand the frustration of going back and work on new iterations but I'm certainly not as good as you haha, well done!

Great to see your rethinking the problem and coming with a different solution. This is literally thinking from the inside to outside the box (threadwise)

My favourite part was calling all the female cows with udders him. The thread prototyping came in a close second, great video

One of your better videos. I was rooting for you all the way on it and going through the emotions of excitement and disappointment. Well done! Can't wait to see the project

Please have cows in every video from now on.

This was great! I love that you're using your 3D printer to allow you to do things besides make plastic parts. Thanks for sharing!

I think the cows were looking blank because you were speaking to them in English 😂 great video.

Really enjoyed the light hearted approach to this vid 🙂 And really looking forward to the next new workshop update 👍

Your production value has really increased as of late! I really enjoy being able to see more of your personality in your videos, in addition to your creativity and problem solving. Great content! Keep it up!

As a Swedish tinkerer living abroad I really appreciate your ideas and love to see your outdoor b-roll! Thanks for sharing 👍🏼