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Ratcheting tap wrenches are heaps handy!

Coupled with a spiral tap which doesn't need to be backed off to break the chip makes tapping in tight spaces a dream. -(not a particularly good dream. ..)

Ratcheting tap wrenches are heaps handy!

Coupled with a spiral tap which doesn't need to be backed off to break the chip makes tapping in tight spaces a dream. -(not a particularly good dream. ..)

Explain how they work for me?

All I'm picturing is a ratchet like a 1/2 drive ratchet, so each time you need to back turn, you gotta flick a switch. Unless these have some other swanky ratchet setup?

Spiral flute taps ftw

Agree, I only use spriral/machine taps as they give a more accurate thread profile. I also find them stronger, but it's possible they feel that way as they're only produced by decent manufacturers.

Back in my CNC machining days I could spin smaller spiral taps a few hundred rpm and get perfect finishes repeatedly (in a production CNC environment I could do hundreds of accurate threads with one tap).

Mark :)

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Saw some drill taps at the tool shop the other day. Unsure if I'd trust it. Anyone use these?

http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/T0191

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Work really well If you buy the American ones

But...I wouldn't use a Chinese tap if you paid me

  • 5 weeks later...

How much were they?

Haha not cheap, didn't feel too good about cutting them up haha.

Jump on ebay, the two triangular ones are "blue point" and the read rail-type ones are "ernst low profile" and the one with the stubbies is "ernst stubby"

  • 2 weeks later...

Nobody else is buying stuff for their toolboxes?

I bought some Ernst and Bluepoint wrench racks from eBay -nothing beats an organised tool drawer :D

Not for the tool box... I've started hanging tools up in the garage though... Starting to look better :D

Waiting to get a power adapter so I can get the new MIG welder out though :D

What about pics of tool organisation?

I'm trying to come up with ideas of how best to setup my new tool shed.

Hang em all up? Put em in a tool drawer? What about bigger stuff? And the odd one off stuff/tools? How to store/ organise power tools?

Organize by levels.

I have all my tools organized in different levels of chaos.

i.e. a draw of screwdrivers, a draw of sockets, a draw of spanners.

All the extra time taken looking for tools is useful because it usually takes at least 1 beer to find anything.

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Organize by levels.

I have all my tools organized in different levels of chaos.

i.e. a draw of screwdrivers, a draw of sockets, a draw of spanners.

All the extra time taken looking for tools is useful because it usually takes at least 1 beer to find anything.

I too have this logic in my garage. Works a treat.

Cool tool? My latest buy from Snap On. Cordles 3/8 rachet. Best thing ever when im doing engine bits and pieces including gearboxes or a head.

Best thing i claim it all back on tax as im a licensed mechanic ;)

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Cool tool? My latest buy from Snap On. Cordles 3/8 rachet. Best thing ever when im doing engine bits and pieces including gearboxes or a head.

Best thing i claim it all back on tax as im a licensed mechanic ;)

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That reminds me, I really should grab my Air Comp back out and set it up, I have an air ratchet sitting there that's probably going to help me a lot more than doing the ratchet by hand.

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