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Based on experience, don't discount ordering from UK, quite often the shipping from there is less than from US. And esp. if it involves UPS. For some reason UPS from US attracts a lot of fees. And factor in fuel cost, I wouldn't consider your loation close to US border
Just make sure you don't pay the 20% VAT in UK, that offsets much of the shipping cost. The link that was posted has extremely reasonable shipping prices from UK.
Also from observation using an optical comparator, not all BA hardware is 47.5deg. I have a set of Pratt&Witney taps/dies (so presumably quality) and they are all 55deg thread. Maybe verify yours with a USB microscope or such? You can buy 55deg threaing inserts from AliExpress but that won't help with making nuts.
Gerrit
Just make sure you don't pay the 20% VAT in UK, that offsets much of the shipping cost. The link that was posted has extremely reasonable shipping prices from UK.
Also from observation using an optical comparator, not all BA hardware is 47.5deg. I have a set of Pratt&Witney taps/dies (so presumably quality) and they are all 55deg thread. Maybe verify yours with a USB microscope or such? You can buy 55deg threaing inserts from AliExpress but that won't help with making nuts.
Gerrit
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