Re: [Emc-users] problem with tap tip profiles

2018-06-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 01 June 2018 16:44:25 andy pugh wrote: > On 1 June 2018 at 21:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The only way I can see to fix it, requires a calibration per tap, > > I think I would have already tapped them all by hand. > > But then I nearly always do, I don't think I have rigid-tapped more

Re: [Emc-users] problem with tap tip profiles

2018-06-01 Thread andy pugh
On 1 June 2018 at 21:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > The only way I can see to fix it, requires a calibration per tap, I think I would have already tapped them all by hand. But then I nearly always do, I don't think I have rigid-tapped more than half a dozen times. -- atp "A motorcycle is a

Re: [Emc-users] problem with tap tip profiles

2018-06-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 01 June 2018 14:46:52 jeremy youngs wrote: > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 13:20 Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings everybody; > > > > I have the grub screw bore & tap working except for on glareing > > problem. I am using g38.2 to measure both the length of the drill, > > and the tap, and I had

Re: [Emc-users] problem with tap tip profiles

2018-06-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 01 June 2018 14:45:15 andy pugh wrote: > On 1 June 2018 at 19:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > > IOW, how do you folks deal with this? > > Why not do two holes in one operation? They are opposite each other, > aren't they? Yes but most of the smaller taps aren't long enough to reach all the

Re: [Emc-users] problem with tap tip profiles

2018-06-01 Thread jeremy youngs
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 13:46 andy pugh wrote: > On 1 June 2018 at 19:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > IOW, how do you folks deal with this? > > Why not do two holes in one operation? They are opposite each other, > aren't they? > > I didn't catch this, I agree do em straight through in one shot . >

Re: [Emc-users] problem with tap tip profiles

2018-06-01 Thread jeremy youngs
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 13:20 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings everybody; > > I have the grub screw bore & tap working except for on glareing problem. > I am using g38.2 to measure both the length of the drill, and the tap, > and I had set the depth of the tap so it went a little into the opposing >

Re: [Emc-users] problem with tap tip profiles

2018-06-01 Thread andy pugh
On 1 June 2018 at 19:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > IOW, how do you folks deal with this? Why not do two holes in one operation? They are opposite each other, aren't they? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses,

[Emc-users] problem with tap tip profiles

2018-06-01 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings everybody; I have the grub screw bore & tap working except for on glareing problem. I am using g38.2 to measure both the length of the drill, and the tap, and I had set the depth of the tap so it went a little into the opposing hole on the other side of the hat, and still left some