I have never successfully removed a seriously stuck tap in aluminium with
any method other than Mig welding a nut onto what's left of the tap and
turing it out. I have tried a lot of different ways, none of which worked
even once. I guess that if I had a part that I could do the alum trick and
dissolve it out I would try that, kind of hard to submerge a transmission
housing (for example) still attached to a car in a solution of alum...

Brian


"Randy Replogle" wrote in message
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"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
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Aw, 'cmon, it's three days before Xmas*, be don't be such a grinch. Maybe
he sneezed at the wrong time or sumpin.

Can you honestly say you've never broken a tap? Isn't that how we all
learned how to avoid busting them?

Happy Holidays,

Jeff

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Yeah, and aren't most of us here to teach and learn?
Randy