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Technical Section => General Tech => Topic started by: Manky Monkey on May 07, 2011, 04:38:53 PM



Title: Drill & tap size charts
Post by: Manky Monkey on May 07, 2011, 04:38:53 PM
http://www.engineering-supplies.com/info/15/tapping-drill-sizes/


http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pearl/Tap_Drill_Chart.html


Title: Re: Drill & tap size charts
Post by: gsxbobber on June 18, 2011, 01:12:11 PM
Excellent i have bookmarked that page.


Title: Re: Drill & tap size charts
Post by: triker_Chewie on September 04, 2011, 01:21:49 PM
do they show how much force is required to break a tap off in the last hole that needs tapping, ruining an evenings work and a perfectly good lump o' steel?


Title: Re: Drill & tap size charts
Post by: Cabman77 on September 04, 2011, 01:25:53 PM
do they show how much force is required to break a tap off in the last hole that needs tapping, ruining an evenings work and a perfectly good lump o' steel?

that operates under murphy`s law "anything bad that can happen will happen at the worst possible time) ;D ;D ;D ;D


Title: Re: Drill & tap size charts
Post by: Manky Monkey on September 04, 2011, 01:52:50 PM
Very little pressure needed -just enough for that last half turn of the tap.  :P