Bogart999 9
Plastic
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2016
Hello all, I know this has been asked before but I didn't find anything useful doing a search so I am asking for help.
I work mostly in 6061 aluminum and use STI taps for 95% of the threaded holes. Every now and then we break a tap in a very expensive part. In the past we used a product called Tap-Out, an acid solution to dissolve the tap which worked very well. The company that sells the Tap-out changed their mixture and the new stuff does not work worth a darn. The taps are 2-56 and 4-40 mostly with some 6-32's now and then. The acid worked great as it did not damage the parts at all beyond a little discoloration that could be scrubbed off. A lot of these holes are in awkward places that makes machining them out problematic, hence burning them out with the acid
Do any of you Know of a suitable product to accomplish this?
Thank you in advance
I work mostly in 6061 aluminum and use STI taps for 95% of the threaded holes. Every now and then we break a tap in a very expensive part. In the past we used a product called Tap-Out, an acid solution to dissolve the tap which worked very well. The company that sells the Tap-out changed their mixture and the new stuff does not work worth a darn. The taps are 2-56 and 4-40 mostly with some 6-32's now and then. The acid worked great as it did not damage the parts at all beyond a little discoloration that could be scrubbed off. A lot of these holes are in awkward places that makes machining them out problematic, hence burning them out with the acid
Do any of you Know of a suitable product to accomplish this?
Thank you in advance
