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Re: [oletrucks] tap and dye's 55TF

To: Woody <woodrow@isomedia.com>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] tap and dye's 55TF
From: Ben Bennett <greyhawk200@att.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:31:48 -0700
This is the greatest ROT I ever heard, but ... Metric ... 8 x 1.0
is common, Does the 1.0 mean the pitch is 1 mm?

Woody wrote:
> 
>  The general rule of thumb for tap drill size is "Bolt diameter minus one
> pitch."  For example, to figure the drill size for a 3/8-16 tap, you would
> divide one inch by the number of threads, in this case 16.
> This gives a result of .0625 inches.  By subtracting this from 3/8 (.375)
> you get .3125 which is equal to 5/16 which is the drill size for 3/8-16.
> This works for all V-type threads, including metrics.
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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