Comments on: Free Metalworking Project Plans: T-Handle Tap Wrench / “Tapping Fixture” (Lathe, Mill) http://www.projectsinmetal.com/free-metalworking-project-plans-t-handle-tap-wrench-tapping-fixture-lathe-mill/ Free Project Plans, Tips, and Tricks for the Amateur Machinist Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: admin http://www.projectsinmetal.com/free-metalworking-project-plans-t-handle-tap-wrench-tapping-fixture-lathe-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-606 admin Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:10:31 +0000 http://www.projectsinmetal.com/?p=228#comment-606 Excellent John, thanks for sharing your image. I'm glad you enjoyed the project. You did an especially nice job on the finish and the knurl. I like it! Excellent John, thanks for sharing your image. I’m glad you enjoyed the project. You did an especially nice job on the finish and the knurl. I like it!

]]> By: John http://www.projectsinmetal.com/free-metalworking-project-plans-t-handle-tap-wrench-tapping-fixture-lathe-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-605 John Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:48:50 +0000 http://www.projectsinmetal.com/?p=228#comment-605 Hi Tyler, Here's a picture of my completed tap wrench as you requested: <a href="http://www.projectsinmetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/johns-tapwrench-300x276.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.projectsinmetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/johns-tapwrench-300x276.jpg" alt="johns-tapwrench" title="johns-tapwrench" width="300" height="276" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-830" /></a> http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2444/tapwrench.jpg I made it more along the lines of the Starrett 93-B which it resembles internally and in size. It wasn't difficult to make but took quite a while due to the number of setups needed. A good exercise for a shop class, just as intended. I added a link to your site from mine. Thanks for hosting all these plans, it is a nice resource for HSMs. Regards, John Hi Tyler,

Here’s a picture of my completed tap wrench as you requested:

johns-tapwrench

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2444/tapwrench.jpg

I made it more along the lines of the Starrett 93-B which it resembles internally and in size. It wasn’t difficult to make but took quite a while due to the number of setups needed. A good exercise for a shop class, just as intended.

I added a link to your site from mine. Thanks for hosting all these plans, it is a nice resource for HSMs.

Regards, John

]]> By: admin http://www.projectsinmetal.com/free-metalworking-project-plans-t-handle-tap-wrench-tapping-fixture-lathe-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-515 admin Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:37:23 +0000 http://www.projectsinmetal.com/?p=228#comment-515 John, do you have a link to the copyright info you mentioned. I Googled "Magicala copyright flap 2007" but I only found your site. Could Magicala be misspelled? I also visited http://www.copyright.gov/ but I couldn't find a change there from 2007 either. I'd like to read over the changes to make sure that I'm in compliance. Thanks in advance. Tyler John, do you have a link to the copyright info you mentioned. I Googled “Magicala copyright flap 2007″ but I only found your site. Could Magicala be misspelled? I also visited http://www.copyright.gov/ but I couldn’t find a change there from 2007 either. I’d like to read over the changes to make sure that I’m in compliance.

Thanks in advance.

Tyler

]]> By: admin http://www.projectsinmetal.com/free-metalworking-project-plans-t-handle-tap-wrench-tapping-fixture-lathe-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-514 admin Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:20:34 +0000 http://www.projectsinmetal.com/?p=228#comment-514 Hi John, I'm glad you're pleased with the plans. I'll have to look into the sizes of taps that fit it, or I can just mic how far the jaws will open, and go at it from that direction. I'll have to get back to you on that. The plans are from <a href="http://www.bates.ctc.edu/Machinist/" rel="nofollow">Bates Technical College in Tacoma, WA</a>. The plans are used here (along with a few other plans) with gracious permission from the head of the machining department at Bates, Bob Storrar. As far as other plans are concerned, I try to ask for visitors to submit their own plans rather than spending the time surfing the web myself looking for plans. That way by submitting their own plans, their permission is implied. The only thing I have to worry about at that point is trying to make sure that the plans they submit are their own and not the work of someone else. However, if you or anyone else sees something on the site that you think is in violation of copyright laws, please let me know. This site is meant to be a resource to beginner machinists. It will take a lot of time to earn the respect of the machining community, and keeping things "above board" is just one of the ways that I hope to eventually earn that respect. Thanks for your concern, and I'm glad you like the plans. Please post a picture when you finish your project. I'd like to see it. Tyler Youngblood, Seattle, WA Hi John, I’m glad you’re pleased with the plans. I’ll have to look into the sizes of taps that fit it, or I can just mic how far the jaws will open, and go at it from that direction. I’ll have to get back to you on that.

The plans are from Bates Technical College in Tacoma, WA. The plans are used here (along with a few other plans) with gracious permission from the head of the machining department at Bates, Bob Storrar. As far as other plans are concerned, I try to ask for visitors to submit their own plans rather than spending the time surfing the web myself looking for plans. That way by submitting their own plans, their permission is implied. The only thing I have to worry about at that point is trying to make sure that the plans they submit are their own and not the work of someone else.

However, if you or anyone else sees something on the site that you think is in violation of copyright laws, please let me know. This site is meant to be a resource to beginner machinists. It will take a lot of time to earn the respect of the machining community, and keeping things “above board” is just one of the ways that I hope to eventually earn that respect.

Thanks for your concern, and I’m glad you like the plans. Please post a picture when you finish your project. I’d like to see it.

Tyler Youngblood,
Seattle, WA

]]> By: John http://www.projectsinmetal.com/free-metalworking-project-plans-t-handle-tap-wrench-tapping-fixture-lathe-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-512 John Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:31:43 +0000 http://www.projectsinmetal.com/?p=228#comment-512 Hi, I've been looking for a tap wrench design similar to the Starrett for a while and was happy to find this one. One helpful thing you might add to the description is the size range of taps that it handles - Starrett has 3 wrenches and it's unclear whether this wrench replaces all or just one. It would also be nice to know who provided the plan and the original website if there is one. The Magicala copyright flap in 2007 caused many of the plans on the net to disappear so I'm concerned that your site might run into this unless you have explicit permission from the copyright holders. Regards, John Hi,

I’ve been looking for a tap wrench design similar to the Starrett for a while and was happy to find this one. One helpful thing you might add to the description is the size range of taps that it handles – Starrett has 3 wrenches and it’s unclear whether this wrench replaces all or just one.

It would also be nice to know who provided the plan and the original website if there is one. The Magicala copyright flap in 2007 caused many of the plans on the net to disappear so I’m concerned that your site might run into this unless you have explicit permission from the copyright holders.

Regards, John

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