[Jewelry making - Article 00312] - Re: [Orchid] Tap & Die

[Jerry]

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    I am always skidish when it comes to cheap tap and dies,  I have
    training as a machinist and make many of my jewelers tools and fix
    others. Cheap taps and die don't always cut cleanly and sometimes
    the fit isn't good. 

    My tap and dies all come KBC Tools:
    http://www.kbctools.com/usa/main.cfm, they do have a Canadian side
    of the company. I have used them for many things from micro to very
    large. 

    Never cut a bad thread in many years and tap and dies are matched up
    with the right size of drill, as well as an under and oversized
    drill. Never broke a tap after I was taught how to cut threads
    properly. 

    I buy all of my taps in the set of threes that include the tapper,
    the plug and the bottom taps. The Chinese taps and die sets that
    people have given to me, which are in the $10 to $20 range are
    really junk. 

Jerry

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