Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Regards,

MOngke

mongke wrote:
Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Regards,

MOngke

If you like to fish, they'd make good sinkers. No lead and 100%
biodegradable.

"mongke" wrote in message
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Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses
for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Regards,

MOngke


Some unique Christmas tree ornaments...

On 30 Oct 2005 19:37:37 -0800, "mongke" wrote:

Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Regards,

MOngke

They make mediocre fishing weights, or the hole in the die makes it
convienient for holding down helium balloons.

Gary "who fell in the same pit once" Hallenbeck

mongke wrote:

Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Send them FedEx to Iggy.

mongke wrote:

Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Punk jewelry? They certainly have no use in making or restoring threads. I have
written it many times, but I'm compelled to once again say that some tools you
can skimp on, but taps and dies you should get the best ones money can buy. I
like Greenfield, aka GTD. I also like OSG and Nachi. Good taps and dies aren't
cheap and cheap ones don't work and make you miserable along the way. Buy good
ones as you need them, take care of them, store them properly and clean them
after use, and they will work for you for a long time.

GWE

Lend them out to people who don't know better and to ask to borrow your
tools.

"mongke" wrote in message
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Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Regards,

MOngke


Even though they aren't exactly the highest quality, they do work pretty
good for cleaning up bunged up threads. I've also used them when I cut the
thread about 80% on the lathe and cleaned them up with a cheap die. And the
taps work pretty good in aluminum, but I wouldn't suggest having much faith
in them for steel (unless you really like trying to get out broken taps...).

Jerry

"mongke" wrote in message
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Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Regards,

MOngke


I got tricked, too. In case anyone didn't know, the dies don't have a taper
to get started. I bought it to just clean bolt threads and hole threads
anyway, so I think I got what I paid for.

Those things were called "die nuts", used for repairing threads only.
Weird that they're sold as thread-making dies?

Jordan

mongke wrote:
Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads.

"Grant Erwin" wrote:
mongke wrote:

Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Punk jewelry?

Intersting concept - maybe sell them the idea of *tapped* piercings, to
enable quick changing of jewelry.

Jon

On Mon, 31 Oct, Leo Lichtman wrote:
Lend them out to people who don't know better and to ask to borrow your
tools.

Heck, I sometimes buy that kind of stuff FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE. I leave it
laying out on the bench in plain view, too. I've had my *good* friends who
know better say "what did you buy this ****** for???" Then I go show them
the good set tucked away neatly in a cabinet. They are generally puzzled
for a second, and then they go "aaah, I see."

Problem with taps and dies is nobody believes you if you have a nice shop
and try to say you don't have any. But everyone will need one at some
point and most are too cheap to buy the good stuff. So they are one of the
things most likely to be attempted to be borrowed. They also *seem* so
"simple" to use, yet really do take some technique. So if someone I don't
care to help wants to borrow them and I can't justify turning them away
(like relatives , I give them the crap. If someone I *do* care to help
needs to borrow them, I offer to do the job for them and use the good
stuff. That way they get what they needed and I get my tools back
unbroken. For those I didn't care to help in the first place but had to,
well, they're on their own...and they get to learn how to remove broken
taps on their own, too. ;-)


--Donnie

--
Donnie Barnes http://www.donniebarnes.com 879. V.

"Jordan" wrote in message
u...
Those things were called "die nuts", used for repairing threads only.
Weird that they're sold as thread-making dies?

Jordan



Isn't it the case that if the die is round, it is for thread cutting and if
it is hex, it is for chasing?

, but I wouldn't suggest having much faith
in them for steel (unless you really like trying to get out broken
taps...).

Jerry



At least they are soft. That makes it much easier to drill them out.

Dave Lyon wrote:
, but I wouldn't suggest having much faith
in them for steel (unless you really like trying to get out broken

taps...).

Jerry




At least they are soft. That makes it much easier to drill them out.


Is it heavy enough to hold the door open? If not it might be strong
enough to hold up one end of the coolant tank so the pump don't run out

Donnie Barnes wrote:
For those I didn't care to help in the first place but had to,
well, they're on their own...and they get to learn how to remove broken
taps on their own, too. ;-)

And hopefully they will replace the tap they broke with a better one
from the local hardware store.

On Mon, 31 Oct, Rex B wrote:
Donnie Barnes wrote:
For those I didn't care to help in the first place but had to,
well, they're on their own...and they get to learn how to remove broken
taps on their own, too. ;-)

And hopefully they will replace the tap they broke with a better one
from the local hardware store.

Replace broken loaner tools??? And with BETTER stuff??? What planet you
livin' on? I want to move there!


--Donnie

--
Donnie Barnes http://www.donniebarnes.com 879. V.

Donnie Barnes wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct, Rex B wrote:

Donnie Barnes wrote:

For those I didn't care to help in the first place but had to,
well, they're on their own...and they get to learn how to remove broken
taps on their own, too. ;-)

And hopefully they will replace the tap they broke with a better one
from the local hardware store.


Replace broken loaner tools??? And with BETTER stuff??? What planet you
livin' on? I want to move there!

Texas. And we're trying hard to close the borders

Rex B wrote:
Donnie Barnes wrote:

For those I didn't care to help in the first place but had to,
well, they're on their own...and they get to learn how to remove broken
taps on their own, too. ;-)


And hopefully they will replace the tap they broke with a better one
from the local hardware store.

Yup!! Now ya got a box to put the GOOD ones in... G?
Bill

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:44:24 GMT, yourname wrote:

Dave Lyon wrote:
, but I wouldn't suggest having much faith
in them for steel (unless you really like trying to get out broken

taps...).

Jerry




At least they are soft. That makes it much easier to drill them out.


Is it heavy enough to hold the door open? If not it might be strong
enough to hold up one end of the coolant tank so the pump don't run out

Ive recently seen white kids with enlarged earlobes, ala Ubangi..with
"stuff" in the earlobe. Perhaps you can talk the neighbor kid into a
nice pair of matching 8-32 dies as ear orniments?

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

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"Jordan" wrote in message
u...
Those things were called "die nuts", used for repairing threads only.
Weird that they're sold as thread-making dies?

Jordan



Isn't it the case that if the die is round, it is for thread cutting and
if
it is hex, it is for chasing?



No this is not true in all cases. As an example Snap On and Craftsman sell
a good qulaity die with a hex shape.

--

__
Roger Shoaf

Important factors in selecting a mate:
1] Depth of gene pool
2] Position on the food chain.

Hey Mo,

Me old eyes ain't what they used to be...so....I've got a set like
those (in fact two in inch, and one in metric) with the taps stuck
shank in, and the dies glued over a suitable hole each, on a small
"test" board that I use merely to "size" the odds and sods that turn
up off the floor or at a garage sale or what have you. If the
screw/bolt, or the nut, won't fit, then it is of little value to me
anyway. Just goes in the scrap metals bin. Works better than those
"screw thread" plastic doohickeys.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
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On 30 Oct 2005 19:37:37 -0800, "mongke" wrote:

Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Regards,

MOngke

This is why I'm glad I inherited my grandfather's two tap and die sets.
Karl


"Tim Killian" wrote in message
. ..
mongke wrote:
Hi all

So I was tempted by the devil and bought one of these cheapie 40 pcs
tap and
die sets (the ones in the blue case). Those hex dies are useless of
course,at least for starting threads. Care to suggest creative uses for
the stuff, so the loss wont be total?

Regards,

MOngke

If you like to fish, they'd make good sinkers. No lead and 100%
biodegradable.

And the winner for the best idea is Brian!!

Dan


Brian Lawson wrote:
Hey Mo,

Me old eyes ain't what they used to be...so....I've got a set like
those (in fact two in inch, and one in metric) with the taps stuck
shank in, and the dies glued over a suitable hole each, on a small
"test" board that I use merely to "size" the odds and sods that turn
up off the floor or at a garage sale or what have you. If the
screw/bolt, or the nut, won't fit, then it is of little value to me
anyway. Just goes in the scrap metals bin. Works better than those
"screw thread" plastic doohickeys.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX