On Monday, December 26, 2011 12:19:25 PM Steve Stallings did opine: > > > The tool cutting brass is one I found amongst some cutters > > > > at a clock > > > > > and watch show > > > It just suited the job, you can also use commercial thread mills > > > eg > > > > http://www.kennametal.com/en-US/products_services/metalworking > > /tapping/t > > > > > hread_mills/thread_mills_products.jhtml > > > > These of course have to be ordered per tpi, and Kennametal > > has any pricing > > hidden behind a login screen. Bad dog they be, no biscuit from me. > > Gene, > > Maybe try eBay. Item 180765422137 is one example > from a seller who has several sizes. On the other > hand, $45 for an easy to break carbide cutter is > a bit of a thrill that I can live without. > > Single tooth thread mills like item 190567056928 > are also available and offer the ability to cut > a reasonable range of pitches with one tool. > Again, somewhat pricy and fragile. Somewhat? Starting at 150$ & bigger than I can drive by 4x is a bit more than somewhat. But thanks for looking, I did about 80 pages of ebay myself & only came up with one other similar item at a similar price, and one even bigger for about 4 bills.
>From the looks of that, I have a drawer full of 1 to 4" taps, cleaned out of a shed at the bro-in-laws place after he died, most in need of sharpening or nicked teeth on one corner. Looks like I could sell a few of those for at least the shipping cuz I'll never have a use to a 4" NPT tap. Another BIG box of huge, dull drill bits I've occasionally reached into for tooling steel, and 2 boxes of bent & worn wrenches. Anything that got damaged & wasn't going back to the tool crib apparently came home in his lunchbox ala the Johnny Cash theory, for 40 some years. I guess I've finally reached that age where everything I like is either illegal, fattening, or immoral. Sigh... > Cheers, > Steve Stallings > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Write once. Port to many. > Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create > new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the > Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> "Confound these ancestors.... They've stolen our best ideas!" - Ben Jonson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users