Topic: What material for a custom axle?

[70CB750]

You are right of course, and the lathe is  turning too fast anyway.  The way I do it is to use the lathe only to hold the die and the piece inline.  The lather is stopped when i cut the thread.

For the die I have this holder that freely spins on a shaft.  The shaft goes in the drill chuck - or you can have MT2 on it, same thing.  See the picture, it is better than my clumsy english.

I use it to thread gun barrels, the alignment there is much more important than bike axle thread 

Not my idea, found it here -  http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/

[y2kc0wb0y]

That was a awesome re-post about the axle. I tend to take life more on the fearless side but that post is humbling and makes you stop and think about the stresses at play with the front or rear wheels respectively. VFR axle seems like the way to go for the money. 

$18.94 shipped.

[trueblue]

 http://www.cyclexchange.net/Wheel%20Page.htm
 this one says it is 13" in the centre, it may do the trick for you