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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] is offline
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Default How bad is 0-80 to tap in aluminum?

bobm46 fired this volley in news:jjt1in$sep$1@dont-
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You could try chucking the tap in a drill press (NO POWER) to get
straight then turning the chuck by hand.


You won't have much 'feel' there on something that small.

Better to loosely chuck a pin vise in a drill press, and simply use the
press as a tapping stand.

LLoyd