Quote Originally Posted by Robin Hewitt View Post
You must be well equipped. I bought 1.125" x 12 taps and dies to match my Myford nose and tooling, then I had to go back to buy monster tap and die holders before I could use the blighters
:D Just used a 15" adjustabke spanner to turn the tap! I wasnt trying to create a new thread just clean up what was there...

I'll probably make a die holder on the mill now I'm nearly set up to use it...

One of the first things I might make is a 1.25"x12tpi (internal) to 1.5"x 8tpi (external) sleeve so I can use Boxford fittings... I can cut the external thread in situ on the lathe once I've tapped the internal...