"Peter Teubel" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:16:05 GMT, "Mike S."
wrote:

Peter Teubel wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 06:39:29 GMT, Juergen
wrote:

Try Ebay. I just got two 1 1/4"-8 taps. They cost me $3 and $9 +
shipping. You just have to be patient and spend some time going
through
the searches.

What were the auction numbers for those? I'd like to see how they were
listed so I can develop a search myself. Thanks!

Peter Teubel
Milford, MA
http://www.revolutionary-turners.com


delurking for a sec
Well, here's two separate auctions:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2588300733
1" x 8 bottoming tap (this is what I have and it works extremely well)

and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2589190648
1" x 8 plug tap

Thanks, but I have lots of 1"x8TPI taps. Its the 1.25x8 that I need. And I
was wondering how they were listed (i.e. key words,
etc.)

Peter Teubel
Milford, MA
http://www.revolutionary-turners.com

I found mine 1.25x8 by searching on the size and it was listed as Machinists
tap. Probably just lucky that I found it. It was a bottoming or plug tap
which is fine for wood but if I had bought it for metal I would have been up
the creek without a taper tap to use first - never dawned on me to check
what style it was. You are probably aware that 1.25x8 is not a the standard
nut and bolt thread - I think 1.25x7 is the standard coarse and 1.25x12 is
the standard fine. Seems that a lot of machines use the 1.25x8 so it is not
exactly a real odd-ball. I believe the word "specialty" was used in the
description.
Billh