JPOR: Re: Tap & die sets

["creecy" <creecy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check Harborfreight.com, they have a deal that ends on the 4th(?) for $12
for each (met. and std.)
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From: "Obi-Wan" <bvh@inetnebr.com>
To: "JPOR List" <jeepoffroad@4x4wire.com>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:39 PM
Subject: JPOR: Tap & die sets


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> I've been thinking for a while now that I'd really like to have a
> tap & die set, but they're just so darn expensive.  Wrenching on
> corroded exhaust manifold bolts last night made me want one even
> more.  I see that next week Sears (via the Craftsman Club) will
> have a $90 tap/die set on sale for $72.  The thing is, this set
> is a carbon steel one, which is supposedly the lowest quality
> material of the three that Craftsman makes.  Is there really much
> difference between materials in the various sets?  I'm a firm
> believer that cheap tools suck, but I also know that I really
> won't use this set very often.
>
> Any opinions on whether carbon steel is good enough for most
> Jeep applications?  I don't want to spend the bucks & the have
> my tap break/dull the first time I use it on hard metal.
>
> -- Obi-Wan
>    '95.5 YJ, '77 Wag (under the knife)
>
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