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I found myself needing an 8mm x 1.25 tap the other day.
Realized I have virtually NO metric taps. At least 2 full sets of SAE plus "extras."
Went looking on Ebuy and Amazon.
Could pick up a new Snap-On TDM117 kit, 25 pieces, for around 180 clams.
But the guys on the automotive forum warned me off these, said they're carbon steel and very brittle.
Suggested the MACHINISTS would only buy "high speed steel" taps, followed by a long discussion of how and why noobs break taps.
McMaster Carr has a 25 piece metric HSS tap/die kit for $189.
Realized I have virtually NO metric taps. At least 2 full sets of SAE plus "extras."
Went looking on Ebuy and Amazon.
Could pick up a new Snap-On TDM117 kit, 25 pieces, for around 180 clams.
But the guys on the automotive forum warned me off these, said they're carbon steel and very brittle.
Suggested the MACHINISTS would only buy "high speed steel" taps, followed by a long discussion of how and why noobs break taps.
McMaster Carr has a 25 piece metric HSS tap/die kit for $189.