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I made a spring loaded tap follower about a week ago. I finally got the chance to use it this morning, when I was making myself a couple machinist jacks.
The tap follower worked perfectly.
I used a a scrap barrel stump that was removed from a BAT .338 Lapua rifle for the machinist jacks.
I left the hole alone, except for a light chamfer, so that the old .338 Lapua lands and grooves would still be visible.
I hate throwing away good steel, and since I have a bucket of old barrel cut-off stumps, I've been making tools with them lately.
The tap follower, and the edge finder in my other thread were made stumps as well.
The tap follower worked perfectly.
I used a a scrap barrel stump that was removed from a BAT .338 Lapua rifle for the machinist jacks.
I left the hole alone, except for a light chamfer, so that the old .338 Lapua lands and grooves would still be visible.
I hate throwing away good steel, and since I have a bucket of old barrel cut-off stumps, I've been making tools with them lately.
The tap follower, and the edge finder in my other thread were made stumps as well.
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