Rethread kits (i.e. blunt taps)

[armalites]

Do you have a link please?

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...&group_id=675360&supersede=&store=uk&tool=all

That is the page for the set but it lists all the individual pieces, just put their part numbers in the search

 

[123hotchef]

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...&group_id=675360&supersede=&store=uk&tool=all

That is the page for the set but it lists all the individual pieces, just put their part numbers in the search

thanks I ordered this kit instead perfect for my needs

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...&group_id=675359&supersede=&store=uk&tool=all

 

[123hotchef]

bloody hell I am glad I purchased this kit now it paid for itself this weekend!

 

[zeppelin builder]

Get a tap in wrong and you'll no longer have a thread. Way overkill sometimes when you simply want to clean dirt out.

A hacksaw cut on a bolt/nut is a good method to clean threads without . .h

only real solution to a stripped picked up thread, is helicoil or bronze insert







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[Bill Edwards]

Yes when a thread is stripped the only correct options are essentially a new thread of some description, that’s a bit different to the topic of cleaning out the dirt with chasers.

 

[rcx132]

bloody hell I am glad I purchased this kit now it paid for itself this weekend!

Mine gets used all the time. The Snap On ones are much better than the Neilson ones which strip themselves as soon as they meet a bad thread.

 

[merryman]

Back in the 1970s one of my workmates had an Edwards (or Edwardes) bolt saver. It was two pieces of steel clamped together with a row of different sized tapped holes at the join. Un-clamped it could be put on a bolt part way down, clamped up, and the bolt wound out, or it could be used as a split die (for thread improvement). Wonderful piece of kit, never seen one since.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That's what sheds are for

Back in the 1970s one of my workmates had an Edwards (or Edwardes) bolt saver. It was two pieces of steel clamped together with a row of different sized tapped holes at the join. Un-clamped it could be put on a bolt part way down, clamped up, and the bolt wound out, or it could be used as a split die (for thread improvement). Wonderful piece of kit, never seen one since.

I have only seen one.
It was in a box of tools we restored. It was sold on at a local auction house.

Looked a good bit of kit.