rogerbaker 3rd March 2015, 10:46 AM Does anyone have a 9/32 BSF tap that I can borrow for a one off job?
Roger
anglesmith 3rd March 2015, 03:48 PM Roger. This is on eBay at the moment in Melbourne at that.http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ENGINEERING-TAP-BSF-RARE-9-32-size-26-TPI-plug-HSS-Ace-made-in-USA-NOS-/350807108502
Graeme
Ueee 4th March 2015, 12:07 AM I'll have to check. Hopefully i remember tomorrow....or later on today now.
snapatap 4th March 2015, 06:03 PM Checked my tap collection. Thought I had one but its BSW not BSF.
Ueee 4th March 2015, 10:32 PM No luck here, I have a die.......
Michael G 5th March 2015, 06:56 AM No luck here either 1/4 then 5/16.
Michael
RayG 5th March 2015, 10:42 AM If sufficiently desperate, you can always make one. Turn a 9/32 BSF thread on a piece of drill rod. ( Or borrow Ewan's die? ) Use a slitting saw ( or file carefully ) to make the flutes with cutting edge. Heat to cherry red and quench. Draw temper to whatever colour, maybe straw. Grind a taper at the start. I've done it when desperation takes over from common sense. :D
Ray
PS I don't have one either.
C-47 5th March 2015, 11:22 AM Roger,
If no else is closer I have an intermediate 9/32 BSF tap I can mail off tomorrow, let me know your address. Don't know how long it is to cross the Nullarbor though.
Alan
rogerbaker 5th March 2015, 10:38 PM Thanks to Alan C47
Problem solved
Roger
mugget 25th March 2015, 01:41 PM Funny that I should find this recent thread right now... I'm looking for a 9/32" tap as well...
It's just for a one-off job as well, need to clear the threads out of a carb (had to drill out the stuck main jet). Went to Bolts & Industrial Supplies at Virginia and best they could tell from the new jet was that it's 9/32". But I don't know the difference between BSW/BSF - how can I work that out?
Or maybe I should just take it to a local engineering shop and see if they have the tap, just let them clean up the threads for me?
pipeclay 25th March 2015, 02:12 PM The bsw will have 20 tpi and the bsf 26 tpi, should be able to count these.
mugget 25th March 2015, 06:53 PM Cheers for that. Well if nothing else I have learnt about BSF and BSW threads. :U
I did end up stoping by the engineering shop this arvo, they didn't have any tap to match the thread I have. But he said pretty much the same as RayG - that for about $20 they would just make a tap based on the thread I gave them (on the new jet) and clear out the threads in the carb.
Got a phone call about 30 mins ago saying it's all done! Problem solved!
Handy guy to know, he's helped me out with a few small jobs like this now. :2tsup:
Hope everyone else's tap needs are sorted as well!
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