Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

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 :)

  • Like 1

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

Combo_tap_drills_metric.jpg

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.

  • Like 1

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 ;)

CTR725_zps201f1c44.jpg

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 ;)

CTR725_zps201f1c44.jpg

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.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Dropped the MX5 of this morning to get the hardtop colour matched and some PDR done, they are also going to give it a buff to remove some "stubborn" swirl marks and light scratches in the clear coat Over the last few months the poor little thing has copped some shopping centre car park abuse, I try to not park in them, but hitting Westfield's a few times over the last few months has taken its toll, nothing really bad, but enough of a trigger for a "while we're in there" thingie  Once it's back and all the one colour, with a few dents and mark's removed I'll give some of these products a go and see what they're like  
    • A locally delivered Infiniti have remote start installed but don't come with the remote start key. You need a new remote start key and they just need it programed. And this is different to making/programing a new key that just starts the car.  
    • Cheers, and cheers for sharing so much of the build and also sharing the glimpse of what turns out to bring a lot of us poor decision makers together haha.  I do recommend learning more about how to manage it, if not considering getting a  formal diagnosis.  The discussion with the psychiatrist I got my diagnosis through was quite eye opening, things I'd not even considered to be ADHD related and hadn't mentioned were things she asked about out of the blue and were common themes with people with my flavour of ADHD.   It's not a label for people who are hyperactive and ill-attentive, there's more to it than that and some of it can be much more challenging or damaging - though there are of course two sides to the thing, and a lot of the stuff we have to go through and work on to live with it make us effectively "better" at other things as well. Aside from the fact that there is some argument I could have a bit of ASD seasoning in there (came up during the diagnosis, and neurodiverse things seem to not stay as a cookie cut) I suspect you need to learn more about ADHD if you are puzzled about how hyperfocus could possibly apply.  I *do* personally use "superpower" with quotes deliberately, but it's 100% an ADHD thing due to the exact reason that lack of focus is also an ADHD thing... Loosely speaking the inattentive side of ADHD isn't the inability to focus, it's the inability to control where the focus goes.  Not being able to sleep because brain is more interested in thinking about a stupid thing I said to a girl I liked 30 years ago, not being able to focus on work because my brain is more keen on putting together the torque management strategy we're going to try out with a drag car next weekend, not being able to focus on a conversation with someone I WANT to listen to and respect because there is a flickering light in my peripheral vision.    If I could just stop work and build the torque management setup right there and then I'd not hear anything else until it was done.  
    • Maybe you should do some more reading.  Google positive effects of ADHD and you'll get your answers.  One of my personal downsides of ADHD has been talking before I think.   Maybe you have it too?
×
×
  • Create New...