zimbo
Aluminum
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2017
- Location
- Richmond, VA
Morning Gents,
I am in the market for an imperial tap and die set and have a relative coming out to visit, so needing to take advantage of the offer of free shipping
I am in need of an imperial set of taps and pondering the various options, buying individual 3 piece sets vs. a full set and have decided on a set as I don't run across much imperial stuff here.
Dormer and Snapon sets are pretty expensive for occasional use.
Do most of the sets cover majority of the common sizes you use day to day including course and fine pitches? I am not very familiar with imperial sizes. eg common day to day for me is 6,8,10 & 12mm in both standard and metric pitches. 7mm is an odd ball. Not sure I would use dies other than cleaning threads.
Mainly working on older engines and various machinery. On implements and chassis I have tapped stripped holes to metric. John Deere, Inveco and Perkins mainly.
I have read Hanson is mid range, but see they are branded Irwin and most sets come with metric which I am adequately kitted out with already. Are they any good? Or should I just bite the bullet and get NC & NF of the common sizes, and then which make and what would an acceptable ball park price I should be looking at?
Hand taps I am leaning towards.
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/03959335
Your views and input as usual are much appreciated.
Cheers,
Greg
I am in the market for an imperial tap and die set and have a relative coming out to visit, so needing to take advantage of the offer of free shipping
I am in need of an imperial set of taps and pondering the various options, buying individual 3 piece sets vs. a full set and have decided on a set as I don't run across much imperial stuff here.
Dormer and Snapon sets are pretty expensive for occasional use.
Do most of the sets cover majority of the common sizes you use day to day including course and fine pitches? I am not very familiar with imperial sizes. eg common day to day for me is 6,8,10 & 12mm in both standard and metric pitches. 7mm is an odd ball. Not sure I would use dies other than cleaning threads.
Mainly working on older engines and various machinery. On implements and chassis I have tapped stripped holes to metric. John Deere, Inveco and Perkins mainly.
I have read Hanson is mid range, but see they are branded Irwin and most sets come with metric which I am adequately kitted out with already. Are they any good? Or should I just bite the bullet and get NC & NF of the common sizes, and then which make and what would an acceptable ball park price I should be looking at?
Hand taps I am leaning towards.
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/03959335
Your views and input as usual are much appreciated.
Cheers,
Greg