On 17 August 2012 15:49, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > Also I believe, it would be valuable to have a discussion of the various > offerings, so that I for instance, who might have a need for tapping 40 > each 6-32 to 10-32 holes to a depth of perhaps 1/2" occasionally, might > stand a chance of actually buying something that works better that I can > do. So far as I know, no mechanical tap driver can do that, the 6-32 > needing several reversal extraction cycles to clean and re-apply the > cutting oil if any hope of reaching that half inch depth with full thread > depths is to be expected without broken taps by the pound
I think rigid-tapping is the way to go in that situation. Peck-tapping seems to work nicely with LinuxCNC when you have a spindle-encoder, and I seem to recall that you do. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
