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A friend taught me a "tap trick" from the old days, he had friends that were and he worked part time as a millright along with driving a Pettibone loader and a few other things.
You get a collection of taps, you get a collection of nuts, different sizes and different THREAD, because USS and SAE are of course slightly different actual size. You can put the tap and nut in a vice, and with the proper size nut, simply PRESS THE NUT ONTO THE TAP and now you can use it in a socket or box end!!!
These two nuts have been on these two taps SINCE THE SEVENTIES!!!!
A friend taught me a "tap trick" from the old days, he had friends that were and he worked part time as a millright along with driving a Pettibone loader and a few other things.
You get a collection of taps, you get a collection of nuts, different sizes and different THREAD, because USS and SAE are of course slightly different actual size. You can put the tap and nut in a vice, and with the proper size nut, simply PRESS THE NUT ONTO THE TAP and now you can use it in a socket or box end!!!
These two nuts have been on these two taps SINCE THE SEVENTIES!!!!