fmari --MariTool-
Titanium
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2005
- Location
- Illinois
I am always having a problem holding onto taps in my lathes. On my dual turret machines I always want to keep the extension shortest possible. Just one example is when the tap on the upper turret is facing the subspindle so it needs to be short to clear for indexing. Since it is an odball shank I need to use a straight shank collet chuck going into the tool block. If it was a common shank size such as 1/4,3/8,1/2 I can just use a boring bar bushing.
Thinking about offering a line of taps with common size straight shanks with a flat. No square in the back. It would be nice to be able to use a standard collet, endmill holder, or lathe bushing. These taps are intended for machines with rigid tapping. Anyway just venting, spent 30 minutes finding the right comination of straight shank collet chuck and lathe bushing and tool block on my lathe.
Yes I am also aware that I can just make boring bar or lathe bushings to match the shank size of current tap shank sizes. That is also an option.
Thinking about offering a line of taps with common size straight shanks with a flat. No square in the back. It would be nice to be able to use a standard collet, endmill holder, or lathe bushing. These taps are intended for machines with rigid tapping. Anyway just venting, spent 30 minutes finding the right comination of straight shank collet chuck and lathe bushing and tool block on my lathe.
Yes I am also aware that I can just make boring bar or lathe bushings to match the shank size of current tap shank sizes. That is also an option.