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Tap for titanium
need to tap some titanium tubes m6x1. I'm assuming a regualr steel tap is gonna be a chore on this, I know facing ti with steel is a No Fun Endevorâ„¢
any recomendations for a tap suitable for hand tapping ti?
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McMaster-Carr is a great resource for stuff like this:
https://www.mcmaster.com/products/ta...on~titanium-2/ Edit: I just looked at the prices - ouch! Maybe it's better to have a machine shop do it for you. Last edited by Louis; 10-02-2024 at 09:05 PM. |
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What exactly are you going to be doing? Chasing threads, or making threads. And how deep? Tubes are thin.
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TBH it's 90% an ornimental cap on the ends of a the tube. Edited due to brain fart on ID.
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Ooops. Sorry about that.
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A regular tap will work fine, just use a sharp one
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+1. That’s a very light duty application. A new sharp steel tap will do it no problem.
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IMHO you need to think about using a smaller dia. finer thread pitch. You won't have many threads with a 6mm x1.0 in 1 mm thick material.
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Make sure that you have the proper cutting oil ! There are material specific cutting oils. And a quality tap of course
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I'll see if I can dig it up later, but on the Custom Frame Forum in some thread Mark from Paragon recommends a tap brand a cutting oil for titanium. He would know.
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Excellent, I have fancy m5 taps for doing ti, glad I don't have to repurchase those!
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IIRC 7.8 OD is the minimum size for M6x1. When I did this on steel tubes I worked fine. Last resort I'll just epoxy in some slightly smaller bolts without cutting threads.
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