Louis Ohland wrote:
Mechanical Magic wrote:

Yes, normal taps work fine in Aluminum. Check to make sure you
grabbed the correct drill size, always measure tap drills before
using.


I try not to machine when in a hurry or frustrated. Instead of making it
work, I just unshipped the collet, put away the clamps and cleaned up my
mill.

I see that Windex is supposed to be a good tapping fluid for aluminum...
Was looking on the web to see who handles Tapmagic in southern
Wisconsin... When Beloit Machine Supply closed, there's not much
machinist stuff around local...

For aluminium use kerosene or #2 diesel works fine.
...lew...