Internal threading. 35mm x 1.5 on a 7x10

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Bogstandard:
Eric,

Sorry to hijack your thread.

If you have trouble making what you want, send me some sort of sketch and I will see what I can do for you.

John

Brass_Machine:

--- Quote from: bogstandard on November 06, 2010, 04:16:28 PM ---Eric,

Sorry to hijack your thread.

If you have trouble making what you want, send me some sort of sketch and I will see what I can do for you.

John

--- End quote ---

No worries :)

Checked my lathe, got the imperial lead screw. Don't think I have much to worry about except the technique. Been wanting to learn to thread on the lathe :)

Eric

Dean W:
John, The Tap & Die people in the previous link are the folks you buy from? Just wondering. I need to buy a
few odd BA and BSF tap/dies to round out my tooling, and had looked at them, but didn't know if they were selling
good stuff or snake oil when the page mentions "Highest Quality Steel". That kind of "specification" often
puts me off as some sort of marketing ploy.

I have been looking for good HSS tooling, but mostly find the typical Chinese (junky) carbon steel stuff.
It's easy to get good tooling in the States in SAE/NF/NC etc., and I know what to look for in those, but no
idea what is good when a company says something like HQS for BA and BSF tools.

If they are your recommendation, I'll know where to go for Brit threading tools.

Thanks!

Dean

Ned Ludd:
Hi Guys,
Does anybody know where the Tap and Die company gets its taps and dies made? I know they make a big thing about the boxes being "British" made, but seem to make no mention of their other items.

Ned

Bogstandard:
I suspect that they are made in either the UK or India, but they have a great reputation for quality from all over.

If I was doing a fairly long production job, I would always take advantage of their discount rates (works out cheaper than carbon taps). But now I find that I have dozens of brand new taps and dies in odd sizes, because I could never wear them out. I found that one would cut 100's of threads in all sorts of materials, mainly stainless and bronze, and still be good to go.

Dean,

I will go thru my 'extras', and send you a couple, they might not be sizes you would normally use, but hey, if they are freebies, it don't matter. Then you can get a 'feel' for the quality.
I still have your address so no worries on that score.

John

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