Froneck
Titanium
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2010
- Location
- McClure, PA 17059
Received the spring tap guide, it's not the one listed in the photo or description! Heavy Duty version! But for $9.00 I'll not waste my time to send it back. I'm sure I can use it for bigger taps. Did make the knurled washers as shown in Joe Pie's videos. They worked great! I used 3/4" 6061 rod because I had a piece. Used flat point 8-32 set screws that were placed in center of the hole. Tightened with the short end of the hex wrench in my hand as tight as fingers could tighten on the round section of the shank. Made one for each tap style, taper, plug and Bottoming Vermont HSS tap set (new) and one OSG spiral point bottoming tap (new). Alternating the style until the OSG tap went in 6 turns! Was nice the set screw grip on the tap was not enough to break the tap, it would slip before the tap broke. Not sure how much more torque the tap could withstand but it was enough for the taps to rotate about 1 turn each sequence. Item is tapped and no taps were broken!