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Alan Waddington 2	22/04/2019 09:49:41
537 forum posts 88 photos	Have a job to do that requires a 5/8 x 20 tpi CEI thread, material is stainless. a quick search online shows HSS taps are around £30 each. RDG sell a set of 3 carbon taps for £12 but not convinced these will perform so well in stainless The Tap and die company do ‘HQS’ taps for £12 a piece. Is this just fancy marketing speak for carbon steel, or are they genuinely better than carbon ?
JasonB	22/04/2019 10:03:59
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	Do a search for HQS it has come up a number of times before. A good quality carbon or the HQS taps will more than likely cut better in stainless than HSS
Chris Evans 6	23/04/2019 08:26:16
2156 forum posts	Have a look for ebay seller "Wespen" trades as Spain off road. I buy all my CEI cycle taps from them in HSS. good service and quality products at sensible prices. Just put tap size into ebay under business/office/industrial heading and they should come up.

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