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Handy Set
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Downwindtracker 2
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Most of the tap and die manufacturers make thread chasing nuts . They will be both cheaper and better quality.
Short of actual tap and Die set, this rethread set is pretty damn handy for boogered up threads. My buddy has the exact same one and I’ve used it to save my but a few times. Highly recommended
RTD48
That's the Lang set, sold under many brands for different prices.
Agree, those things are awesome.
Most of the tap and die manufacturers make thread chasing nuts . They will be both cheaper and better quality.
Please link the thread chasing nuts? Wouldn't those be the same thing in the very cheap (other rebrand) set linked in the first post?
Parrothead
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That's the Lang set, sold under many brands for different prices.
Agree, those things are awesome.
Yep, I paid less than $50 for mine in the Craftsman version.
Most of the tap and die manufacturers make thread chasing nuts . They will be both cheaper and better quality.
Yeah we're going to need links to these........................................
Downwindtracker 2
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I have KBC's catalogue beside me , they are on page #79.It sits right beside my Machinist's Handbook. The company supplied them as we used them often. Hex dies are considered thread chasing anyway. A cheap tap and die set go on sale at Canadian Tire are about $50 last time I noticed them. Rust will dull carbon steel quickly,so it doesn't pay to spend much money.For a lot of years I used just such a set for thread chasing, only when I bought mine they were $30. If I want to thread something however,and I don't have that size, then I will go buy a good HSS split die rather than use one of the cheap ones. It's that big a difference.
The thread chasing nuts our company bought were of better quality, they lasted longer. I wasn't the purchasing agent , but I think they bought everything form Acklands-Granger. You can try Zorro.
Machinists look down on hex dies, they are a common millwright tool, though. Here is KBC web site link https://www.kbctools.ca/CatSearch/103/hexagon-dies KBC is a machine tool supplier.
The thread chasing nuts our company bought were of better quality, they lasted longer. I wasn't the purchasing agent , but I think they bought everything form Acklands-Granger. You can try Zorro.
Machinists look down on hex dies, they are a common millwright tool, though. Here is KBC web site link https://www.kbctools.ca/CatSearch/103/hexagon-dies KBC is a machine tool supplier.
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Yep, I paid less than $50 for mine in the Craftsman version.
Same here.
Machinists look down on hex dies, they are a common millwright tool, though. Here is KBC web site link https://www.kbctools.ca/CatSearch/103/hexagon-dies KBC is a machine tool supplier.
That's what I thought you meant but it didn't match your "cheaper" and "made by tap & die manufacturer" claims. Even low end hex dies aren't cheaper than Lang, and the ones made by real cutting tool manufacturers are expensive.
One can buy that same set as Snap-On in a different color/brand for very cheap. It is sold under so many brands and from so many sites. I agree with you that split dies are nice. It gives you more options in how and where to start fixing the threads. Dies are cutting when "chasing". These nuts are pushing much more than splitting the metal. That difference can be crucial for fastener engagement.
Price, availability, country of origin, actual function and compact case make these rebranded sets pretty appealing.
Price, availability, country of origin, actual function and compact case make these rebranded sets pretty appealing.