I had that idea a while ago as I had some parts to make that would have been easier to leave in the chuck and go back and forth to the lathe and mill. I considered using carbide tooling to thread a commercial hex block as there was sufficient wall thickness for the threads. I never got around to it but it is still in the back of my mind. If I had a surface grinder making one would be much easier. I have a 10k and have used the printed gears from Ebay with great success making metric threads. I believe I saw a way to use the threading dial on you tube but never tried it. Something about using the same mark on the dial I believe but don't hold me to it.
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Bill From Socal
