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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Half inch BSP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>British Standard Pipe thread is actually an approved thread in the European metric system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Felts<br><b>Sent:</b> 13 May 2020 12:12<br><b>To:</b> Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] BSF Taps and Dies<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Totally off Healey content, but here is a stupid question Re. dies. I have a piece of 1/2" OD steel pipe I want to thread (the outside). I don't know the die size to use. A 1/2" die seems way too small. Anyone know what size die to use? the number of threads doesn't matter---just the size of the die.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Michael MacLean <<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>><br>To: 'Healeys' <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>, simon lachlan <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>><br>Sent: Wed, 13 May 2020 02:51:28 -0400 (EDT)<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] BSF Taps and Dies<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>I just want them to clean up threads. Should be adequate for that..<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Mike M<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_9932842874"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><br>On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 11:33:41 PM PDT, <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=yiv3373911207><div><div><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>I’ve got one of these. I’d say that it was adequate for an amateur (me). The taps and dies are OK, but the tools are pretty marginal. Worth the money.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv3373911207yqt30344><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael MacLean<br><b>Sent:</b> 12 May 2020 23:28<br><b>To:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] BSF Taps and Dies</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv3373911207><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>just a FYI for those of you dealing with BSF fasteners. Amazon sells a BSF tap and die set for $36.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3373911207yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589322461553"><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3373911207yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589322462138"><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/BSF-20pc-British-Standard-Fine/dp/B01MCZHN40/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=AB+Tools-Toolzone&qid=1589322431&sr=8-5" target="_blank">https://smile.amazon.com/BSF-20pc-British-Standard-Fine/dp/B01MCZHN40/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=AB+Tools-Toolzone&qid=1589322431&sr=8-5</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="yiv3373911207yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589322356376"><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3373911207yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589322474632"><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Mike MacLean<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="yiv3373911207ymail_android_signature"><p class=yiv3373911207msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" target="_blank">Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>