I just use whatever I have... Sometimes I peck tap when I am using a hand tap. A good spiral tap or one the shoots the shavings out the end (don't remember what they are called)
Like this one.. (you catch the shavings coming out the bottom..) https://youtu.be/E2t0y2EsSO8?t=483 You get used to it after a while... :) On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 6:39 PM John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > It's an Amazon Prime product so shipping is free but yes, in Canadian $ > half the price of the Swiss one and probably should be 1/4 the price since > it's no name. > > Having said all that. With just a normal tap (I had to try) here is the > result into MDF. > > Scary to watch it do this. I really should stop using G0 for positioning > when I'm trying things out. Especially when I forget to touch off the new > home position... > > But for metal a spiral, or at least spiral point is a must I think. Time > to do a bit more tuning but impressed as how well it works. > > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: andy pugh [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: July-07-21 4:06 PM > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Power Tapping > > > > On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 at 23:09, John Dammeyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > As I get closer to being able to try power tapping I'm wondering if > this sort of tap is suitable? > > > https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00F8T55GC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3 > > > > It looks expensive for a no-name tool. > > > > > https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/cutting-tools/hss-pm-production-taps/hss-orange-ring-taps%3A-spiral-flute-unc-nitride-and- > > oxidised/f/940?query=1%2F4%2020 > > > > As a comparison. > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > � George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
