tap for bullet guide

[NYC.DenseCity 0]

OK - so i posted before that im an idiot and i seem to have broken off the tip of the tap in the hole i drilled in the trunion. Once i figure out how to get the fkin thing out (im gunna try to break it with a punch, as Leo@VKA suggested), i am going to need to get another tap. Does anyone know what kind of tap the screw from Dinzags kit requires?

 

Also, i found it was very hard to use pliers or a wrench to hold/twist the tap in because the rest of the gun got in the way. does anyone have any tricks for doing this?

 

Thanks for any advice

[Threecard 15]

OK - so i posted before that im an idiot and i seem to have broken off the tip of the tap in the hole i drilled in the trunion. Once i figure out how to get the fkin thing out (im gunna try to break it with a punch, as Leo@VKA suggested), i am going to need to get another tap. Does anyone know what kind of tap the screw from Dinzags kit requires?

 

Also, i found it was very hard to use pliers or a wrench to hold/twist the tap in because the rest of the gun got in the way. does anyone have any tricks for doing this?

 

Thanks for any advice

 

I don't know off hand what size tap it is...you might check his site or PM him.

 

As for how to hold the tap, you can get a tap wrench cheap at just about any hardware store. That's the way to go.

 

Good luck

[TackDriver 1]

6-32 and yes, use a tap wrench.

 

Tap should shatter with a good hit from a center punch.

[wlnt 2]

OK - so i posted before that im an idiot and i seem to have broken off the tip of the tap in the hole i drilled in the trunion. Once i figure out how to get the fkin thing out (im gunna try to break it with a punch, as Leo@VKA suggested), i am going to need to get another tap. Does anyone know what kind of tap the screw from Dinzags kit requires?

 

Also, i found it was very hard to use pliers or a wrench to hold/twist the tap in because the rest of the gun got in the way. does anyone have any tricks for doing this?

 

Thanks for any advice

 

'NYC.DenseCity',

 

Dinzag normally sends out 6/32 drill bits and taps. When I messed up my bullet guide hole he had me use a 8/32 drill and tap.

 

This could be your backup plan if removing the tap really really wrecks the current hole you have.

 

louielouie

[vjor 2]

T handle for the Tap, get it on any hardware store, if you fubar a 6-32 tap job, go to 8-32.

 

The biggest I have gone is 10-32 on a bullet guide. tap and drill bit cost about 6 bucks.

[NYC.DenseCity 0]

if i go bigger i need a diff screw tho too right?

[22_Shooter 1,560]

Also, i found it was very hard to use pliers or a wrench to hold/twist the tap in because the rest of the gun got in the way. does anyone have any tricks for doing this?

 

Throw the tap in the drill .

[NYC.DenseCity 0]

thats how i broke it

[JCBEAN 0]

thats how i broke it

 

Yikes!

 

Taps are easy enough to break by hand.... I should know

 

 

I recently broke a 6-32 tap doing the same operation.... cept I went by hand with a tap wrench and oil.... can't tell you how it broke...

 

The threads MAY be salvagable depending on how lucky you are chipping it out with a punch... I recomend one of those spring loaded automatic center punches. That trick worked like a charm (thanks Dinzag on the tip )

 

Mine were too FUBAR so re-drilled the hole to 8-32 and opted to use a longer 6-32 hardware and securing with a nut.

-I didn't want to attempt tapping again and risk another breakage. If it holds it will stay that way, or I may tap it in the future.

[NYC.DenseCity 0]

thats how i broke it

 

Yikes!

 

Taps are easy enough to break by hand.... I should know

 

 

I recently broke a 6-32 tap doing the same operation.... cept I went by hand with a tap wrench and oil.... can't tell you how it broke...

 

The threads MAY be salvagable depending on how lucky you are chipping it out with a punch... I recomend one of those spring loaded automatic center punches. That trick worked like a charm (thanks Dinzag on the tip )

 

Mine were too FUBAR so re-drilled the hole to 8-32 and opted to use a longer 6-32 hardware and securing with a nut.

-I didn't want to attempt tapping again and risk another breakage. If it holds it will stay that way, or I may tap it in the future.

 

Thanks for the advice, i will try both this weekend. lets see if i dont fk things up further.