On 16 February 2011 19:28, Igor Chudov <ichu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Which brings up a question, can one tap with a plug tap first, on a CNC mill > that is equipped for rigid tapping?
Probably, but one flute of one thread cuts the whole thread. With a taper tap the work is shared over several teeth and flutes. Machine taps are somewhere in the middle, not needing the self-aligning taper of a hand tap, but not threading right to the bottom like a plug tap either. -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
