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Offline Wyattboche

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Taps and dies
« on: March 29, 2010, 11:25:01 AM »
Where is a good source to get nice taps and dies? Not talking about the cheap Harbor freight pieces os sh$t. Want good quality.
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 11:29:58 AM »
go visit your local machine shop. They may be able to get you started with some extra stuff they have around.
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 11:36:09 AM »
MSC,Grainger,Travers,etc etc.. Want some phone numbers?
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2010, 11:58:32 AM »
Quote from: masterfabr on March 29, 2010, 11:36:09 AM
MSC,Grainger,Travers,etc etc.. Want some phone numbers?
more of like links. Just looking for the usual taps to have on hand.
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« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2010, 12:19:32 PM »
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2010, 12:31:27 PM »
Dumb question- How do you know what thread a 3/8" course thread bolt is? I need a tap. Is there a tap chart you can buy or a tap drill chart also?
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2010, 01:11:25 PM »
Ask for 3/8" NC
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2010, 02:34:49 PM »
this is the link i have saved on my phone for those times my charts not handy. I'm sure there are some other ones as well. http://newmantools.com/tapdrill.htm they also have some other stuff on there that was interesting to me. right now was the first time i ever looked at their page on a computer. Just to add a few more companies to your arsenal Rutland tool has that kind of stuff https://www.shoprutlandtool.com/catalog/ as well as McMasterCarrhttp://www.mcmaster.com/ they even have charts ;)http://www.mcmaster.com/#tap-charts/=6fkhtn might have to scroll down a bit to see them.
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« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2010, 02:38:42 PM »
oh yeah to know if it's course. a 3/8 NC bolt has 16 threads per inch, typically written 3/8-16 so if you have a 3/8" x1 inch bolt it should have 16 threads on it. A fine thread will have 24
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2010, 02:39:26 PM »
Quote from: Wyattboche on March 29, 2010, 12:31:27 PM
Dumb question- How do you know what thread a 3/8" course thread bolt is? I need a tap. Is there a tap chart you can buy or a tap drill chart also?

Till you get a feel for it (at least the common ones) go to your local store where they sell tools of decent quality and ask for a thread pitch guage set.

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=thread+pitch+guage+set&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=qg-xS8zAD8O78gbDmOXSDw&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=image&resnum=5&ved=0CCwQzAMwBA
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2010, 04:41:54 PM »
Quote from: Wyattboche on March 29, 2010, 11:25:01 AM
Where is a good source to get nice taps and dies? Not talking about the cheap Harbor freight pieces os sh$t. Want good quality.
If you have the money, I would go find a local Mac tool dealer and buy  their tap and die sets. They have a lifetime warranty, no matter want you do to them. 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2010, 07:55:26 AM »
Around my area its all snapon tools. I'll have to do some looking around. Thanks guys ;D
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2010, 08:02:30 AM »
Snap-on's warranty can suck also depending on the local rep.
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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2010, 08:12:52 AM »
What do you want dude? Im sure I can spare a few for you to play with. Id do MSC if I were you. Thats who I use.
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Offline Wyattboche

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Re: Taps and dies
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2010, 09:26:13 AM »
I need a 3/8-nc. But I'm also looking for a complete tap set. I have a metric set that I got when I worked at Bosch.
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