Main problem is I *saw* the UPS driver pulling away from our house (quiet dead end street) when got home at 5pm (no package left), and the delivery time was 7pm....
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Long ass day at the wheel. Started at 4 am with a couple of runs around Livermore then had a break for a few hours. Then headed off to do a pickup in Walnut Creek whose drop off was in Chico. I got home around 5pm having driven over 400 miles sleep soon....
Any closure? This episode kept me up last night. I was very upset for you.
Mine arrived a day later than yours.
You get all 5 of yours??
My replacement set is supposed to be here tomorrow.
Also got refunded for the tap and die set. Hoping it shows up and wind up getting it for free. Convoluted way to save $170.
Yessir. They are smaller than I had expected.
(that's what the sausage lover said...)
Got a tap handle to spare?
You need one? I got a few t-handles in all the sizes....
60% of the time, power tapping works every time
I had one already, so I knew the size. Smaller size worked out well for toolbox arrangement purposes
Set the clutch to a light setting. Get at it, reverse when the clutch goes, repeat.
At this point I am more likely to break a tap by hand.
The impact rated drill/taps are quite handy, so long as you aren't doing anything too thick.
It's not the torque that's the issue really, it's keeping it straight the whole time without putting too much side load by accident and snapping the tap. Much easier to do with the weight of a drill.
Since most of what I work on is aluminum and delrin, I wind up power tapping most of the time for #8/M5 and up. The rest is by hand. Can't remember the last time I broke a tap either way, to be honest.
I recently found out I can take my dull Craftsmen taps to Ace Hardware for warranty replacement. They had free Donuts also. Nice folks.
I had to drill and tap a few hundred blind M4 holes in some cast iron machine bases. A coworker and I had a contest to see who could do it the fastest without breaking a tap. I won. Like with all holes, the secret was good lubrication and proper body positioning to make sure you go in straight.
Chamfered lead in also helps. And don't start with a bottoming tap, like I've seen some people do.
Not sure the best innuendos for those 2 statements.
Not sure the best innuendos for those 2 statements.
Left hand thread for a Mavic 823 forescrew.
Also want to make sure the hole is deep enough. You can snap the shaft if you go in fast and bottom out.
I'd still use a drill. I am no good at keeping things straight with a handle. Need something longer I can get both hands on and get a line of site.
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All checked in and tucked in in Fraser. Land Cruiser filled up with expensive gas (3.249 for 85 octane up here after a 5 cent discount!). I did laundry today, though, and forgot my ski pants and long john bottoms in my clean laundry bin. Whoops.
For the duration and type of skiing I’ll be doing with the kids tomorrow I’ll tough it out in my regular (non-cotton) pants. Perhaps my butt will fall off from frostbite. That‘d be something
For the duration and type of skiing I’ll be doing with the kids tomorrow I’ll tough it out in my regular (non-cotton) pants. Perhaps my butt will fall off from frostbite. That‘d be something
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