MACHINE SHOP TIPS

[@charlescochran4202]

Thank you very much for your time and attention to this. My father was a Millwright and it is very refreshing to see the care and detail you spend in what you do. The down to earth manner of your approach which focuses on the important and only brushes on items which exalt form over substance gives great credence to what you seek to teach. I have an Atlas 6 inch, and a little 109, which I inherited from my father when he passed and have learned a great deal from you already. I only occasionally used the lathe before but now am taking a new interest. There was just so much that I never took the time to learn from dad when he was with me. You have so much information and knowledge to give and I am thankful that you have the opportunity to do so. My father would have liked you. thanks again, chuck

[@hootinouts]

For small taps (No.4 thru No. 10) using the drill press as a guide, I remove the belt then back off the quill return spring until the quill just floats. I then can rotate the tap manually at the pulley or at the drill chuck. I run the in so far then remove the workpiece with tap still in it and finish with a hand tap wrench.

[@drstampfli]

The tap shown at 6:30 is known as a "bent shank nut tap" used in high speed nut tapping machines. The shank is small enough for the finished nut to travel along it's length and fall off the crook. Looking at the crook you can see a more pronounced reduction in diameter - which allows the nuts to make the bend. This eliminates the need to reverse the tap out of the nut, saving time. The mechanism used to clamp and drive this tap is too complicated to describe here, but that is what this is.

[@robertjohnston472]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge in such detail. I find all experiences so informative. Following you from the beginning from Australia.

[@nikod6756]

Great video, thank you! The tap is a "bent shank tap", it llows tapped nuts to pass through the bent shank portion, enabling continuous tapping without reversal or stopping.

[@popsphotos]

I was taught that tapping trick with a drill press in the early '40s by a WWI veteran. The difference is that he kept a sock of lead shot handy, which he would hang on the quill handle to keep pressure on the work. As he had only one arm, that was necessary for his work. That idea might be handy if you need both hands on the work.

[@BasementShopGuy]

Nothing beats a good Tubalcain video to start the day! Hw about some more BRIDEGEPORT videos?

[@aimbrock]

The use for that centering tool is so clear now but dang if I've found another video that covers it. Very helpful video. Subscribed!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@iceman22st]

I learned to tap from an elderly retired machinist, and have never broken a tap, and have used the power tapping equipment when making base plates for pool table leg adjusters. The lesson inusing the drill press to tap straight is most appreciated! As for the "what is it?" I've seen one but didn't know what it was for, and by the comments now know what it is. GREAT VIDEO, Thanks

[@augerprecisionfirearms3247]

I always love seeing new creative ways that are more effective. I used the poor man's method today to start my holes to make sure they were straight on a backplate for a lathe chuck. It does slip so I only use it to start them and then go back after and finish tap them.

[@not2fast4u2c]

I enjoyed learning all the ways to tap what a great invention your brother made I shall remember that one Thank you for the Video!!!!

[@lloydreighley363]

Thanks again Mr. Pete, I'm sure glad I found your channel.

[@mrpete222]

I'm glad you found me, thanks for watching

[@richardkicklighter1202]

Great tip on poor man's tap. I have used a lot of your tips along the way. I had already seen (and made) the small guide you show early in the video, made from on an old end mill. I want to make the spring loaded version in our adult education machine class at the local community college. I have mentioned your channel to my instructors and other class members. Thank you for your all your initiative.

[@MaturePatriot]

Your brother's poor man's tapping head is a good idea, thanks for sharing.

[@davoiceofreasun]

I love this guy. I could listen to him all day.

[@kevincoates1597]

That center is genius. going to make one on the lathe right now

[@mrpete222]

👍👍

[@Szpulenso]

I wish you were my menthor at a metalowrking job that I currently work at... I would love to have a mental library of methods to use to solve any problem as well. What a goldmine this channel is! Great job sir!

[@mrpete222]

I'm sure we could have a great collaboration

[@1978garfield]

If you had a bunch of holes to tap with your brother's gizmo keeping a cordless drill with a 1/4" square drive in it would greatly speed things along. That industrial tapping head is slick! Shame some more collets haven't turned up for it. I just bought an old Black and Decker mag drill. The manual says you can tap with it. It has 2 speeds, 250 and 500 RPM. I will try it out in some scrap sometime and see how it does. Great video as always!

[@mrpete222]

👍👍👍

[@axelSMRACING]

Another way to tap using a drill press if you don't have a center is to simply put a long PH or PZ screw bit in the chuck. The tapered end of the bit works really well as a center in the center hole of the tap. Really cheap and they comes in different sizes to fit various center hole sizes.

[@mrpete222]

AxelXJR Good idea--I'll try it

[@marcussho]

We always used Kerosene for aluminum, was cheap and does not smell as bad as the Tap Magic.

[@sillonbono3196]

Thank you very much for this, it helped me immensely.

[@W4BIN]

I tapped (and chased threads) in aluminum using WD-40 for over 20 years before I retired with super results. I used Valvoline gold taping fluid for everything other than aluminum.

[@andregross7420]

Although I do not use taps till they dull, (I have maybe a thousand taps) when I do come across a dull one I stop using it but keep it for making dowel pins, small cutters, centers, etc.

[@kerrywil1]

Thanks again for your time doing the enjoyable video.

[@snipper1ie]

Enjoying your videos, glad you are passing on your knowledge. On the wee plastic deal, if you added a little knob, like a fly fishing reel, could aid the speed of backing out the tap.

[@mrpete222]

snipper1ie Thanks for watching

[@paulcastro1361]

THANK SIR. YOUR TEACHINGS ARE MIGHTY HELPFUL

[@mrpete222]

+Paul Castro Thanks for watching

[@mrpete222]

Thanks--glad you like the videos.

[@donstanley8021]

Great video - just what I was looking for! Thank you.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@richard0crewe]

What are your thoughts on the "technique" of putting a tap in the jaws of a drill/driver, setting the clutch so that it will slip when encountering too much resistance, then switching between forward and reverse to cut the thread and break the burrs?

[@martinlieber]

Love your videos, thank you so much for sharing your experiences. It would take perhaps years of working to discover the techniqes you use, I have learned so much from your video all in just a few minutes...Again thank you for your sharing of your knowledge..

[@Jor2daje]

what do you think to roll or form taps for aluminum I used on for a few hundred blind holes I needed to do, and since they make no chips it was a huge time saver.

[@porkerthepig]

In work we form tap most materials including stainless and tool steel

[@rcp916]

Mrpete222 you are the best! I missed the chance by one day to buy an Atlas 10" lathe yesterday for $900!

[@mrpete222]

+rcp “rcp916” pop Too bad--but there will be more

[@jlippencott1]

That curvy tap is a nut tap. Used on a machine that lets the nuts run up the shank and fall off the curved end.

[@jeremiahcrow8508]

Every time you say "its almost not showing you"....it is it is believe me it is worth showing. Love you work and videos God bless and have a great day

[@mrpete222]

+Jeremiah Crow Thanks for watching

[@khalidhashimeh]

Nice video..question: can I heat a a hole with a candle ( hot roll steel) before tapping the hole? Heating it makes it easier to tap 1 inch thick hot roll steel.

[@bravecat100]

The bent tap (already mentioned in a previous comment) is used in an automatic nut tapping machines where the tap won't have to reverse the spindle to unscrew them while the nuts stack up on the curved side then exits here at a fast rate of speed. The shaft must be full at all times. There is a video of it showing a Unistrong Nut Tapping Machine /watch?v=bbj7_xgarCs I Google image keyword "Bent Shank Taps" for this quiz.

[@DWeezy62]

Your brother is a Badass! I love that homemade tool.

[@HilltopComputing]

Excellent video as usual!

[@wkelley4127]

I'm not a machinist, however, I am very handy and can follow your instruction. Still, I am left to wonder on how to make a ' poor man's ' tapping device. How do you end a round hole with a square hole to accept the square end of a tap ? Do you use a square drill bit :-) I'd like to see how to do this. Thank you.

[@garrball1540]

Another Excellent Video ... great tips! Thank you for your time in making these!

[@TechniPat1958]

we folks out here in radio land love you, you must be a genius

[@kendallchaffeeband]

Love this trick. Love the videos!!!

[@theenginecenter8593]

Thank you, Mr. Pete! Very helpful.

[@danmoreton1788]

Always an education. Thank you!

[@barrysteenmans]

Great video. But what taps do you use for blind holes??

[@illestofdemall13]

Cool invention by your brother.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@mrpete222]

Sure--try it on 1/4" thick alum. No blind holes.

[@black03hummer]

Geez, I thought the curved end tap was for tapping around corners, nah, just kidding, good info. video. Keep them coming!

[@johnkinnane547]

G'day Mr Pete I might have said it before but you videos are extremely helpful, and give clear concise explanations on how you go about different machining practices. I am building a 5" gauge Super Simplex and any advice on taping and how to machine parts is invaluable. May I ask what you would recommend as a good all round machining practices for the home work shop. Thank you once again I have subscribe kind regards John. PS field trips you do are great and are interesting.

[@mrpete222]

+John Kinnane Keep watching-thanks

[@dougc2673]

Thanks so much for all your help in your numbered videos. As a CNC student, I need all the help I can get. Calculating TPI and TPF was touched on in blueprint reading but not enough. I have no experience in a machine shop. Sure I made a machinist's hammer in HS but that was almost 23 yrs ago. Any more advice on turning tapers and the formulas used for such would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.

[@hphma]

Another great video, I always learn something. Thank you so much! John

[@tn_boy2714]

A bent shank tap for a screwmachine, used in the pickoff spindle.

[@iiinsaiii]

Nice video. Two thumbs ups. But how did your brother make a inside broach in something that small?

[@DocMicha]

Dear Mr. Pete, I am a German. I follow a lot of your vids. I have one specia question: Its about machine vices )vises( not to know the orthographics. Is there a cheap way to have some of them? For drilling an milling? Is there a girl with a moustache who could sell me some of these chines cheap vices which we can improve? regards Michael

[@jerryp2433]

How do you 0-80 taps?

[@piggybladder]

Fantastic vid. Garrison Keilor does DIY. Lol. But seriously, one little tip. I was wondering where I could get a a centering spiggot like the one you made, shown at 2.19, as I don't have or have access to a lathe. Then it came to me. The centering spiggot for attaching to my router guide fence for cutting circles is perfect for the job.

[@sammyrussell936]

wow thats pretty neat Im gonna make one of those. thanx for sharing this

[@kkandretti]

Thanks for the Advice -- had to do 4 drills and taps on some Aluminum Spacers -- they came out perfect first time... can you tell me where you got you Spring Loaded Center from ? Thanks

[@mrpete222]

+Kk Andretti I got it at an auction--I think MSC might have them. CONCENTRIC is the brand

[@davewvc]

McMaster Carr has them. They are reversible. A center at one end and a receiver at the other

[@kkandretti]

Thanks..

[@mrpete222]

This video is a directory of all videos. INDEX OF tubalcain MACHINE SHOP VIDEOS nov 2011

[@chuckleininger9566]

For taping around corners ?

[@mrmatt2525able]

i think that tap is for taping a engine block and it goes thru the cylinder and down to the block for making treads down into the block

[@mike_van_in]

Very useful! Thanks TC.

[@ernerstowerdum3942]

Jajaj, acabo de ver su video de 11 años. Es un .macho para roscar tuercas en serie para aota produccion. Gracias por los consejos

[@mrpete222]

👍

[@jdstripper]

If you had a 3 phase motor on that walker turner, you could use a vfd with a reversing switch and back the "brothers" tap out with the drill press.

[@madsighntist14]

Mr. Pete! through away a Dull Tap ???? Never! it can become Remanufactured Tools, when one lives Way Out in the BoonDocks like I do !!!! A Grinder with Ample Water Supply to cool down the ground metal & even just One Cutting Edge! Typing while watching: why not grind off the starting end "Squared Off" cut broaching Teeth on the Square End, and use to broach that Brass!!! Love your Utube channel !!!!

[@RG635csi]

Super, like your vids. Keep on going.

[@rickabillythekreator3115]

The hook shaped tap is a lot like one I have seen used for mass production of nuts, The nuts fling off the hook via centrifugal force and are caught in a hopper, there are a few different ways to drive the tap itself the machine I saw used a series of rollers, I saw another that used a drive socket on the front of the tap. Someone may have already answered this I haven't read all the comments, Best regards to all.

[@rcp916]

I'm going to go back and watch the series on "buying a lathe" again and then set out to find one.

[@조태혁]

Thank you hugely much. 태핑의 여러가지 방법을 보게 해주셔서, 공부가 됐습니다. ^_^

[@74Lilly]

Thank you for these videos!

[@MrJeffPetree]

first vid ive watched from this guy, I LIKE HIM! very informative and funny.... lady at home depot with the mustache LOL ive seen her

[@allancarter1834]

Hi been watching your videos and think your bent tap was used for finishing a deep tapped hole

[@RobiSydney]

Great Idea! I have some window weights I could use for that

[@danratsnapnames]

oh, i love this idea.. going to use this one myself. thank you.

[@danratsnapnames]

oh, i'm going to use this one. thank you so much.. great idea.. and i have LOTS of lead.

[@rssllnash]

It's used in the production on nuts and other fasteners using the "Bent shank nut tapping method".

[@donscruggs3051]

Excellent Sir!!!...….. thank you!!!!

[@danieljohnspringveldt5060]

brilliant video

[@renedenet8995]

I have found a way to tap a hole on a bench drill press without reverse. My drill press is the standard pulley speed type (harbor freight) Attach a gear puller to the pulley using a washer to prevent the puller from actually pulling the pulley. connect a socket to the gear puller and a breaker bar. It acts like a tapping machine.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks , But that sounds kind of scary

[@renedenet8995]

@@mrpete222 This is hand operated.

[@renedenet8995]

@@mrpete222 [e-mail] for a picture of the setup. The drill press is use to make a perpendicular hole. I have had perfect holes drilled and tapped. I make artwork using 50 caliber bullet casings and the tapped holes have to be perfect. I have studied the youtube videos extensively and have not found anything this simple and effective and quick. I have since bought another cheap drill press for drilling.

[@northatlantic2723]

brilliant, that poor man's tapping device. I'll have to make one of those once.

[@ExtantFrodo2]

Heh, I'm definitely going to make a couple of those "poorman's tapping tool". On another note, my Tap Magic isn't specifically for aluminum but it says it's good on aluminum as well. Reformulated? It doesn't smell like cinnamon .

[@mrpete222]

+ExtantFrodo2 Thanks--it must be a new recipe.

[@danratsnapnames]

harbor freight is your best friend. they are not the best vises. but they do work, and they are cheap. for upgrading them, use a little common sense, and upgrade the guides with some good steel. if you have a mill, you can also install guide rails to better their accuracy and performance.

[@phantomvibrationsX]

on a cnc you cant put pressure on the quill but using the pilot method he said that tap wrench has a hole in the end and you can crank down the quill on cnc being carefull not to crunch it and that works well also... takes a minute to spin it up on lathe and you will use it constantly--even in his drill press method. but normally in brideport or drill press i would simply power tap and reverse the motor

[@eamonnquinn9585]

Its a nut tap, the tap is stationary and the hex stock rotates

[@mrpete222]

You got it

[@mike_van_in]

So there must be a fancy (i.e. *complicated*) holder for the tap to let the nuts pass by?

[@mark-ze4en]

My guess on your mystery tool,,, I think my Dentist was using that on a root canal last week!?

[@Mavermick1]

Is it from a nut making machine?

[@Diabolos1]

Are you James Stewart?

[@koko3052]

@ 9:40, that German tap holder would work pretty well if the large diameter were "hex" to put a wrench on it.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@mccunecp]

wow you found something made in the good old us of a that is very very hard to find any thing made in america any more.

[@NMranchhand]

Say, your brother’s a clever fellow. Who was the sharpest tool in your shed growing up?

[@Mcgheekevin1981]

Could you demonstrate how to make the poor mans tap, I have no clue how to broach a square hole inside like that requires.

[@stillbashingmetal]

The candy cane tap? Why, it's used for tapping holes around corners of course! Used in conjuction with a left handed tap wrench......:-)

[@uriamar7101]

I REALY LIKE YOUR VIDEO VERY PRO

[@qwwesaz]

Спасибо! Очень поучительно!!!!!

[@janslos]

Really haven't got a clue, first time I see something like that

[@chincw1215]

very good

[@katawatenshu]

that device your brother made could back itself out just fine, on a reversible drill press haha

[@mrpete222]

🤙

[@Mavermick1]

Yes it is - but let other people make sure everyone else knows they know anyway.

[@danoneill8751]

Does anyone (or mr pete of course!) know why you cant sharpen taps? That's not a challenge or a suggestion that mrpete might be wrong, its a genuine question I ask simply because I don't know the answer and it seems interesting. I really know very little, but I would have thought a rotary tool with a carbide or diamond wheel could hone the flat flank of the cut-out section of the tap by just a tiny bit and get them sharp again. I'm sure that must be an incredibly naive thought bereft of some vital fact though!

[@mrpete222]

I think that would make them under size.

[@Tj-tc5gp]

I like the poormans tap.

[@mrpete222]

+Tom Pyeatt YES-thanks for watching

[@aryesegal1988]

Got no idea, Pete... What's it?? :]