Acme Taps

[architard]

Acme taps for the sizes used in machine lead screws are hard to come by, and if you find someone who sells them they tend to be REALLY expensive.

I found this store on ebay, they are UK based but also ship internationally. I'm in no way associated with them, just a satisfied customer.

http://stores.ebay.com/rdgtoolscouk/

There prices are very reasonable (much cheaper than most suppliers) and they have many hard to find Acme taps even left hand thread.

Hope this helps!

 

[High-Side]

Good to know. That's the cheapest price I've seen on Acme taps.
I bought a set of collets from RDG Tools. UK to US shipping was less than a week.

Pat

 

[Senna]

Nice pricing but based upon the force required when I tapped a 1-5 ACME through 3" of SAE 660 bearing bronze using a duplex tap I can't imagine how difficult it would be to run a similarly sized single (non-duplex) tap.

 

[Kkuppin]

I have bought Acme Taps and dies from RGD. They were of good quality any there service was excellent.