LD1
Epic Contributor
FWIW, explain how you know that a rolled thread is as good as a machined thread in a clamp? No, I'm not looking for a web argument at all!
I was simply passing along a statement made by a seller who seemed to know his product line pretty well. i will add that i'll never pay his $400 price point for a bucket clamped fork no matter what threads they might have. The Titan QA's @ $279 are a better choice for my FEL. For contrast, when I called Titan I got a friendly young guy who knew zero when asked any question.
Moving on... I'm currently looking for a product thats not overkill for my FEL yet is QA w/o buying up above $400 to the next level of QA forks. I may have to fab something to suit my tightwad self. I'm gonna find out where the nearest forklift graveyard might be located before I buy anything.
Rolled threads are typically regarded to as being stronger. Cause they are cold formed which does increase surface hardness a little bit, and you are screwing with the grain structure of the steel as much vs cutting/tearing metal away with cut threads.
But that really isnt relevant. Clamping force simply has to do with how much torque you apply to the clamp. Think like a c-clamp....the tighter you tighten it, the more clamping force. Which has ALOT more to do with thread pitch than anything. A fine thread bolt has greater clamping force at equal torque (or same clamping force at less torque).
then comes into play things like weather the threads are lubricated, and with what.
No matter the above, at some point you will ultimatly reach a failure point where the bolt just breaks or strips. Rolled threads are less likely to strip than cut threads for the reasons I mention above.
But there are also factors such as what the bolt material is.
But yet again, all this is not relevant, because its a large bolt with a little hand handle. Not like you are torquing them to 400+ft-lbs. So their argument that "their" cut threads have greater clamping force than competitors rolled threads......just a line of BS they are feeding you to make their product sound better, as i said earlier