Re: Taps & Dies

["Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>]

What has often ruined work for me has been poor tolerances on hardware-store
stuff.  In particular, Ace brand (NOT related to the hardware chain AFAIK)
taps and dies have tended to cut too much - undersize screws and oversized
tapped holes.  BEWARE, and check before investing.

Real machine-shop tools have never given me that trouble.  Thankfully, my
grandfather and a few other old machinist friends gave me their collections
decades ago, so I seldom have to use the consumer stuff.

Karl