Are you in a pinch and need to tap large hole but found you
do not have a tap handle large enough for the job and can not
warrant getting a nice new one that you will only use once or
twice a year.... Well here is a simple and cheap handle that will do the job...
I did this at The Tech Shop in San Jose California....
http://techshop.ws/
Gabriel Aceves
do not have a tap handle large enough for the job and can not
warrant getting a nice new one that you will only use once or
twice a year.... Well here is a simple and cheap handle that will do the job...
I did this at The Tech Shop in San Jose California....
http://techshop.ws/
Gabriel Aceves
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First you are going to need to gather you mateials... you are going to need two peices of alluminum bar stock
at 10.0 inches long by 1.0 inches wide by .375 inches thick... Two .25 flat washers... two .25 lock washers...
and two 2.0 inch long 1/4-20 cap screws... I forgot to picture them but you will also need a .201 drill bit and a 1/4-20 cut tap...
and also a .264 drill bitt... and access to a drill press or a milling machine, a bandsaw and a handdrill... and
two c-clamps....
at 10.0 inches long by 1.0 inches wide by .375 inches thick... Two .25 flat washers... two .25 lock washers...
and two 2.0 inch long 1/4-20 cap screws... I forgot to picture them but you will also need a .201 drill bit and a 1/4-20 cut tap...
and also a .264 drill bitt... and access to a drill press or a milling machine, a bandsaw and a handdrill... and
two c-clamps....
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This for awhile and it has been OK...
If you go any thinner then. 375
You may start to have issues with bending...
Of course steel would make a more
Durable tool... I made the first
One out of what I had on
Hand... you are right though steel
Would be an ideal material
choice...
Gabriel