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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] is offline
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Default tips on modifying a tap for mill

Tim Wescott fired this volley in
:

You beat me to it. With nearly 3/4 of an inch of hole to play with,

you
should be able to make a nice stout boring bar and use an insert for

the
sharp part.


Yeah... I'm going to have to run the trig on the point. Obviously, since
it's cutting a little on the lagging bottom shoulder and a little on the
leading top shoulder, then unlike a regular 60-degree point, it's going
to have to be a smaller angle.

And that may very well be why my tap isn't giving a decent cut, yet.

Lloyd