On 2011-07-18, Ed Huntress wrote:

"Ignoramus25765" wrote in message
I'd send them out, if I did that much work with taps. But if they're too
rounded, they're shot. You'll never get a true size out of them again.

Ed, keep in mind that they are tapered pipe taps. They are not
straight. "True size" does not make as much sense for a tapered tap,
if you think about it.

Aha. I missed that. Yes, you can sharpen them 'till the cows come home.

Great,


I will go today to a tool grinding place and I will price sharpening
them. I am sure that it will be cheaper than me doing it by hand.

That's why I treat it all as a hobby. My time is worth nothing. It's the
sheer pleasure of sliding that slip in and out, in and out...

When I retire, I will think the same way.


I will then sell them as "resharpened taps, ready to be used".

I will post an update for this.

Good.


Well, I dropped them off, I will post an update on it.

i