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Not sure there an easy answer to this. I found the same thing while using the rotary table + mounting plate+chuck+job=no space left ! also no room to change drills.

Welcome to the club .

So much for pre-delivery inspection !!!

Not a lot !!

No-one said it was easy but, SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT !!

Karl,

That post did not come out as intended ! In each case,the first measurements refer to the size of the jaw material.

The second measurement refers to the dia of the handle material.

The third one refers to the overall length of the wrench

The fourth one gives the size tap they were meant to handle.

PS That,s what happens when you try to take short cuts when Posting !!

Hi Karl,

For what it,s worth,I made three tap wrenches many moons ago,and am still using them. Might give you some idea of the size you require,since a too small wrench is useless The sizes I made are as below.

A Main part [jaws] 1/2"x1/4" flat with 1/4" handles,total length overall 6".This was to handle taps up to 1/4"

B 1"x1/2" 1/2" 16" 5/8"

C 1X1/2" 5/8" 24" Anything over.

This last one can handle 3/4" GB,and has done,just make sure the hole is the correct size and use cutting fluid.

I simply filed a "V" on one side of each flat [no mill around in those days] and then drilled and tapped the the pair as in toolmakers clamps,nothing fancy.

Hope this helps.

Is there not a book called "Zeus" still around these days? If you dont find what you need there,it must be rare indeed ! Well worth buying,although I got mine for nothing !

Great read !

Yes Andrew,

That,s the company I was referring to,they have been around a good many years and are well known,so I was a little surprised by the advert.

Perhaps the seller got it mixed up with something else?

I know little about these things,except that when they work,they work !,but delving into them is not my field.

When you can,t get true three phase,what else can you do ?

The show must go on !!!

Something like this would suit my Craftsman lathe too. Must get around to making one,the one I,m using is about 1740 vintage !

Came across something recently to the effect that Boost Converters no longer exist. Is this true?

I made a grinding rest for my bench grinder,a somewhat different design,because I tend to use the side of the wheel rather than the front [which has more hops in it than a pint of bitter ] I can tilt the rest to suit both sides of the wheel and by fitting a simple guide I can grind compound angles. I can also use the front of the wheel,if need be and also have vertical movement of the rest. It,s nothing fancy,but it works !

One of these days I must get around to making a proper rest,something that looks the part,anyway,but for now ----------------------Twill do !

Not sure about the vise stop,can you explain its purpose ?

How about 12"=1 foot

3ft=1 yard

51/2 yards= 1 perch [or something ]

Am I getting warm?

There is usually a supplier locally,or not far away,who can supply most common items required,such as belts, pulleys,

oil,grease,and many other bits and pieces Although I,m out in the sticks,there is a place about 5/6 miles away who appears to have EVERYTHING and if he does not have it,he knows who has,next best thing.

So,my advice is to get to know your supplier,call in now and then,just to buy small stuff,and show your face. You never know when you might need him,in a hurry. Most of them are OK and will do their best to help,although you will come across the odd one who does not want to be bothered with small operators,. Just give them a miss and look around elsewhere. All these guys have contacts in related lines,so they can be a great source of information in tracking something down.

Hope you get up and running soon and have fun !

Andrew Johnston,

You are a bad,bad boy so there !!

Of course you should have replied at once !

Dont you know that time is of the essence?

I dont know what the world is coming to,I really dont !

PS On that note,do you think it,s about time I started to do something at 11.15 am?

As they say,"What a difference a day makes", or does it?

I use a stilson on mine !

Looking for many and quick replies at 11.30 pm ???

You,ll be lucky ! Are you on night work,by any chance?

Another few hours will make little difference,and we,ll all be awake then [well,most of us anyway ]

Go to bed and sleep on it,you,ll feel better in the morning.

As someone said,a simple clock on an arm should do the trick,it,s not rocket science.

The only thing I have never managed to do is to set up a steady,never seem to get it right.

Any advice?

Hi Clogs,

Checked out youtube,loads of stuff there,some of it way over the top but some really good basic ones as well. Plenty of food for thought,enough to set me thinking.

When I get around to clearing my bench [I know it,s under there somewhere ] I will set about making one.

PS I know there,s a floor in my shop as well,just have not seen it for a while.

I never had any problem with the actual tapping,just that there was no way to prevent the unit from falling out on the return stroke. The unit in question is a K3MT3,from Chronos,I seem to recall,and just looking again at the instruction sheet which came with it,there is a picture which seems to show a screw fitted to the quill of the drill to prevent what they call "fell down" [their words,not mine ] In fact one is advised to fit such a screw,but I dont think it would be too easy to drill the quill in the first place.. The fact that someone else had the same problem would suggest that it is not unknown.

Regarding wrong hole sizes,blunt taps ect,give me some credit,I,m a bit long in the tooth to make that mistake.

Re the tapers on both my drill and the tapping unit,all I can say about that is that over the last 30 years no MT drill bit or chuck has ever fallen out of the machine ,even 1" drills ,not bad for a cheap end of the market Far East machine !

The taper on the tapping unit was so good that when I fitted an open end sleeve to it,we had great difficulty trying to remove it,so good was the fit. In the end we had to press it out!

Of course,not all tapping heads are the same,some are better than others,like all things,and the fact that I managed to correct mine means that it does the job. It just seems to be overkill to have to use a bigger machine to do such a simple job

Neil,I could be wrong,but I think you did this before !!!