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1. tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring); Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 08:12:15 +0500; Fellow fiends: --I really don't know how price relates to quality with these things. That is, I see a wide range in prices for sets with basically the same instuments [comparing Sears (most of my too; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00015.html (8,742 bytes)
2. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 10:22:53 -0400 (EDT); Will, you have to be careful you don't lose control on the learning curve. Unless you are into machine work, you will rarely ever need dies. If the threads of bolts or studs are dirty or a little rus; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00018.html (9,725 bytes)
3. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 02 Jun 1995 10:04:23 -0500; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00019.html (9,264 bytes)
4. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>; Date: Fri, 02 Jun 95 10:14:00 PDT; couple of decent T-handles to fit the square ends In fact, although LBCs stopped using BSF/Whitworth threads back in the mid-50s, they never really gave up on the BA threads. Whitworth was a coarse; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00020.html (8,292 bytes)
5. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 12:15:31 -0400 (EDT); I think this is going to depend a lot on what kind of car you have. I assume Lew is right in general, but that may not apply to some cars. For example, I am 99.44% sure my bugeye, designed in the lat; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00022.html (8,752 bytes)
6. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 02 Jun 1995 12:51:57 -0500; Saving a little bit of face, since my previous reply got lost in the bit bucket. MG used BSF (son of Whitworth) and some bastardized metric combinations in cars through the TF (1955 or so). I always; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00024.html (9,206 bytes)
7. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 18:50:40 -0400 (EDT); On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, Palmer, Lew (UCI) wrote (to me, privately): Well, I was the turkey who said it. And it appears that you are right, I am wrong, wrong, wrong. I was relying on Lindsay Porter's book; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00028.html (9,617 bytes)
8. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: MarvinCX2@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 03:21:28 -0400; A few other places that BA threads are used: 1. Door fittings on my 67 MGB (latch opening handles, window winders) 2. Front latches for the convertible top. And you would notice that metric, US fine; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00041.html (7,467 bytes)
9. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: Maury.wnin@smtp.usi.edu (Maury); Date: Thu, 08 Jun 95 08:43; Sorry to chase this thread.... What's the net wisdom on tap type - taper, plug, or bottoming? Would a plug tap be an adequate compromise rather than buying three taps for each size? Maury - just tapp; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00121.html (7,236 bytes)
10. FW: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Jun 95 11:33:00 PDT; I'm not familiar with a "plug" tap, but most of a backyard mechanic's use of taps will be to chase threads. If you have to clean threads on a hole which doesn't go through, you'll never be able to c; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00132.html (7,672 bytes)

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