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Originally Posted by utopia
My thoughts on the rose joints was not so much that there might be insufficient thread engagement but more that the end of the hoop was now effectively a lengthy bit of fairly thin threaded rod.
Probably not a problem unless maybe the joint gets stiff, in which case it'd perhaps only hasten a failure that would happen anyway.
But the stress-raising effect of the vee thread, over that extended length, it just kind of caught my eye.
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That is a more reasoned explanation than mine which would have been - would it not be better to use the hoop extenders than use the maximum adjustment on the thread.