"Ignoramus23245" wrote in message
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It is kind of really amazing, how well I can tap on a manual lathe
when I need a concentrically tapped hole. The accuracy and ease of
that cannot possibly be even approached while tapping manually.

To hold the tap, I used Morse tapered tap collets that I horse traded
a while ago. They are made to hold taps with square shanks. See
mcmaster item 2731A49 for example.

It was also nice to slow down the lathe greatly, by changing the
frequency of the VFD.

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Must be nice to have a good lathe. I tapped something like that the other
day by clamping a tap in the drill chuck for my tail stock and sliding the
tail stuck up against the work piece and holding light pressure with my hand
while bumping the lathe. Forget low speed. LOL.

Click/Click Click/Click Click/Click

Its pretty cool though to try something new and have it work isn't it.