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- Nov 9, 2010
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I purchased a cheap (HF) tap and die set several years ago, so far it has worked enough to get the job done. But yesterday that came to screeching halt :angry: I was trying to make some threads on a grade 8 bolt a little longer and snapped one of the the handles off. So I decided to remake it with some scrap left over from the last revamp (band saw clamp). I got to use my new boring bar set to get it to the same internal dimensions as the old model ) When I was done I heated it and dropped it in the old oil bucket and gave it a nice black finish. Seems to work pretty good so far.