ashg
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 12:59 PM |
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Taps and dies
have been looking on the net for an online supplier of taps and dies. im specifically looking for a 3 piece tap set m18 1.5. cheepest i have found
so far is £50 which i think is a bit ott for the limited use its going to get.
does anyone know some good suppliers?
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
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dave107
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 01:02 PM |
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Try the tap & die co london.
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hughpinder
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 01:06 PM |
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Usually say tracytools.co.uk £12 for a tap or a die. Do you actually need all 3 taps?
Also M18*1.5 is 'spark plug' thread so if you might find the sort of place that recons cylinder heads will have the appropriate taps and
will run the threads for beer money if you take the bits pre drilled and ready to do(I'm assuming you havent got many to do!)
Regards
Hugh
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designer
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 01:15 PM |
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If you are just tapping a hole for a joint you do not need all three.
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Mal
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 01:17 PM |
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Try also:
http://www.drill-service.co.uk/Product.asp?Parent=180040000000&Tool=417
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BenB
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 01:36 PM |
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Taps and dies are one thing I spend £ on getting good ones from the start. I've used some cheap sets and they were useless on anything harder
than plasticine.
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boggle
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 02:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
Taps and dies are one thing I spend £ on getting good ones from the start. I've used some cheap sets and they were useless on anything harder
than plasticine.
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hobbsy
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 03:08 PM |
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Yeah what they said ^^^
I once bought a set for about a tenner from Car Builder Solutions. There was a typo on the card sleeve which instead of "Tap and Die Set"
said "Pap and Die Set" and sure enough they are Pap.
I bought a dormer set of metric taps complete with the correct drill bits from eBay for not much money and while they probably aren't the very
best they are an awful lot better than the ones in that set!
The only one I have still had to use is the 1/8 NPT one but I just take my time and use plenty of lube And thankfully it was only into ally.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 03:48 PM |
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Do you need a 3 peice set ?
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 03:51 PM |
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Ebay item 120543079858
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Litemoth
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| posted on 19/3/10 at 05:05 PM |
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There are quite a few second hand tooling suppliers out there...You'll pick up a nice Dormer set maybe.
http://www.rdbarrett.co.uk/used_tooling
Try These for new
http://www.engineerstoolroom.co.uk/dies.htm
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