"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2011-06-24, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:31:19 -0700 (PDT), robobass
wrote:

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Maybe not everyone lives like this, but how many of you out there
could even go out and buy a 1/4-20 tap in a local store? I mean a real
polished hss single tap and not a bs import kit? Brick and mortar is
dead, and good riddance, imo. It never was any good.

Hell..I can hit any of the home improvement stores here in the States
and buy a 1/4-20 tap.

And just about any autoparts store as well.

Yes -- but that will be most likely an "Ace" brand carbon steel,
not HSS. (At least still US made. :-)

Now -- if you are talking about metric sizes -- that is a
different matter.


How often do you see a 'Metric' baby? ;-)


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