Hi,
My first post. I saw somewhere that tapper had been made from Briggs connecting rods. I turns out that I have many Fiat connecting rods from rebuilding dual cam motors for my racing habit.
I set off and after a few stops and starts I have something that works. My first issue was that I am still learning that when I am turning something for a tight fit "just one more cut" is one too many. The second try works as I hoped. The other issue was that I tried a Jacobs chuck instead of a tap handle. Its grip was no where near enough. I had to buy a tap handle and modify it by cutting off the end and the drilling and taping to fit the rotating arm.
The pictures have some parallax that makes things look crooked. The rotating arm is perpendicular to the base in both axes,
Will
My first post. I saw somewhere that tapper had been made from Briggs connecting rods. I turns out that I have many Fiat connecting rods from rebuilding dual cam motors for my racing habit.
I set off and after a few stops and starts I have something that works. My first issue was that I am still learning that when I am turning something for a tight fit "just one more cut" is one too many. The second try works as I hoped. The other issue was that I tried a Jacobs chuck instead of a tap handle. Its grip was no where near enough. I had to buy a tap handle and modify it by cutting off the end and the drilling and taping to fit the rotating arm.
The pictures have some parallax that makes things look crooked. The rotating arm is perpendicular to the base in both axes,
Will