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8ba tapping copper
| fizzy | 23/03/2014 23:59:26 |
 1860 forum posts 121 photos | anything to be aware of?? # |
| Clive Hartland | 24/03/2014 08:00:42 |
 2929 forum posts 41 photos | Yes, it will, 'Grab' at the slightest chance. Use a tapping compound or WD 40 and try not to make a full turn of the tap, turn until a resistance is felt and back off. Then turn again until it cuts again. Being ductile the chip is difficult to break off and most breakages occur on the back turn clearing of the chip. Clive |
| JasonB | 24/03/2014 08:10:43 |
 25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles | Full fat milk works well on copper |
| herbert punter | 24/03/2014 08:37:41 |
| 128 forum posts 1 photos | I would try a fluteless tap Bert |
| Ian S C | 24/03/2014 10:36:26 |
 7468 forum posts 230 photos | I'd go with Bert, and use a Threadflo, or similar fluteless tap, Drill for a 65% thread depth. These taps are made for high speed power tapping, but they work ok at hand tapping speed, use oil, or normal cutting lub. Ian S C |
| Russell Eberhardt | 24/03/2014 11:45:40 |
 2785 forum posts 87 photos | I use Rocol RTD (stands for Reaming, Tapping, Drilling) compound for small sizes of tap. No problems found in copper with that. Russell. |
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