For Rocky - Tips on tapping Join In everyone!

Busahaulic · 2004-02-21T02:23:29+00:00

I don't know what works best to use for lube, but I betsomebody has some ideas! I know you need to go just a littleway then back the tap off to break the chip, and about everysecond turn back it all the way out and clean the tap.Aluminum has a way of grabbing taps and not letting go ifyou let that chip build up in there!The drill size - the actual numbered bit size is best, butif you look at the decimal equivalent and go just a hair oneway or the other, it will work, too. Numbered bits shouldalso be available individually from an industrial orientedauto parts store (most NAPAs in my area)I was going to suggest using an upside-down socket extension(1/4" drive) to extend out to the T-handle, but I like thatidea of using a 12-point socket that fits the tap - Stutzer,that suggestion is a real winner!

Feb 21, 2004 21 Replies

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Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliot 22 years ago

I stand corrected. My only brush with Everclear was a poorly-recalled snippet of memory dating to my one and only exposure to that potent beverage in my youth. When dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

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Tim Rogers 22 years ago

....................Back then when those dinosaurs were running amuck, I remember a punch bowl that us freshman were encouraged to 'sample' at a fraternity house (no I never joined) in Tallahassee. It must have had a lot of everclear or whatever because the next few days was the worst hangover of my life. This was stuff that you had to throw up inorder to survive the night without going to the ER.

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