Production Tapping Collet Holder Organizer

This may or may not be the correct place to post this but it seemed appropriate for shop management, as our shop was having part tapping issues.

The short gist of this was, we needed a better set-up for tapping a ton of parts, in an organized fashion. On top of that the guys kept braking the quick change tap collets because they were always changing them out for stuff that didn't really fit, to just make it work.

So I drew up a design for this tap holder & built a table to make our tapping arm easier to move around.
(Laser cut, 3/16" if I remember correctly? & formed.)

Table is not shown with vice at end & holder welded on yet.

Works great. Our costs for ordering taps has dropped to a 10th of what it once was because their not always getting lost, dropped or broken.

Surprised you didn't make a hole next to each tap and a label
for the correct size tap drill.....Jeesh, Must be a weld shop.

Haha hey! Good idea! Might have to incorporate that later!

Laser production, tube laser, plasma tables wet and dry, sawing, some white metals, press braking, and boat bottom forming.

Reptar said:

Works great. Our costs for ordering taps has dropped to a 10th of what it once was because their not always getting lost, dropped or broken.

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Well.. good on yah if that is all it took to effect a 90% cost reduction..

But it must have been a seriously shaggedy-ass operating environment and klewless/careless staff if that IS all it took...

Monarchist said:

Well.. good on yah if that is all it took to effect a 90% cost reduction..

But it must have been a seriously shaggedy-ass operating environment and klewless/careless staff if that IS all it took...

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Hiring a properly trained machinist in that shop would boggle the mind with improvements......