There's several ways. Most common I guess would be using a self-reversing tapping attachment, no special machine requirements. Or you could rigid tap it.. using a machine designed to do that; it syncs the spindle motion with the spindle rotation, and is very accurate. Or you could thread mill it.. using an endmill type cutter that has notches in it at the correct pitch.. then you program circles with Z moves to create the threads.
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