On Sunday 05 November 2017 07:59:45 Stuart Stevenson wrote: > If I were to tap a hard plate I would reduce the thread depth by > making the tap drilled hole a little larger. > Cast iron, nearly 3/4" thick, drill bit used is about 2 thou smaller than what the handbook says is the minor thread diameter. Since cheap drill bits always drill big, it seems to fit well. And the tap didn't load up excessively. Resultant threads fit the bolts nicely.
Thanks Stuart. > On Nov 5, 2017 6:52 AM, "Mark" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/05/2017 05:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> And where can I src from here in the US, a decent quality, 10mm 1.5 > >> pitch, solid carbide spiral machine tap? Ebay's search engine and > >> the sellers have no clue that there is a difference between HSS and > >> carbide, using both words to describe the same item, nor what the > >> difference is between a spiral tap and a spiral point. And neither > >> do the sellers. :( > >> > >> Thanks guys. > >> > >> Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > https://www.mcmaster.com/ > > > > https://www.mscdirect.com/ > > > > If ya buy cheap Chinese crap, ya get cheap Chinese crap. > > > > Mark > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
