19 October 2015, 09:35
Wes62Tap ID
I'm going through a box of odds and ends I acquired at a gunsmiths retirement auction and found this large tap of very odd size and I'm wondering if anyone here might know what it is used on, it's in pretty good condition. It is stamped 3/4 1/32 10 lightning, thanks!
19 October 2015, 15:41
ted thornIt is old
It is for tapping lightning plates and if you measure it you will find it to be .031 or 1/32 over nominal .750
10 is pitch TPI
3/4 is nominal size
1/32 denotes it to be oversize
19 October 2015, 18:24
Wes62thanks for the reply, not sure what a lightning plate even is though, but I'm always learning something new.
19 October 2015, 19:10
ted thornI routinely drill holes off location or too big
I call these "improvements" lighting holes