Using a TAP as Thread Boring Tool

Man, I remember when this series started back in 4042 bc. This was long before steel was developed, so it was a lot harder to cut threads back then.

After all those years he still amazes us all with yet another way to break a tap, incredible.

I was working in a music store. We were sent a tympani drum that was missing a few tentioning wing nuts. Was a squarish thread but not Acme. Probably the British Standard Whitworth equivalent. The old gentleman I worked with, who was brilliant, took the better part of a day grinding the tool to cut the threads. I was so lucky to have worked with the man. Though repairing brass and woodwinds, he was a welder, machinist and a tool and die maker. He was 72 when I first met him. I learned so much from the man. He was also a lot of fun to work with. At the end of the day Friday, he'd ask if I had a tooth ache. I'd pretend to hit myself in the mouth with my rawhide mallet and say, "I do now." Then he'd take out the tooth ache medicine, Scotch, and pour a large shot into my coffee mug. One more thing about cutting the threads. We had a big old Boxford lathe. What could be better for cutting BSW threads?

Disappointed that you didn't cover my favourite method of making internal threads. I cut an external one and then turn the part inside out.

Hi tony, I’m 12 years old and want to be a machinist. I just bought my first lathe and started making little projects. Keep on making these great videos.

It's been a long 2021 years. Glad we made it to the next one though.

You have no idea how difficult it is waiting 2021 years for these threading tutorials but since they are so comprehensive, I won't complain beyond acceptable norms.

This Old Tony, you're like my favorite shop teacher. Only with less cursing and more fingers.

I've watched This Old Tony for over 2 yrs now. I don't do any of the things he shows in his videos or even own the tools he uses, at least not many of them. But I just love the videos he creates. The concepts and creative way he goes about explaining things, I really appreciate. I wonder how many others like myself subscribe to Tony just for his style and to pick up what things they can while they are entertained.

ToT is probably the only YouTuber who can have 6 minutes of talking at the start of a video and I don't even notice. When he said we were 6 minutes in I had to check the time. 😂👌

I have literally never touched a machinist's lathe or a mill. And yet, I have watched every ToT video. Even if I never do any machinist work, I think ToT is worth watching as a lesson on how to teach others. His videos are entertaining, engaging, whimsical, and generously educational. Thanks ToT, for another mind blowing video and for using your educational gifts to help set the standard for Youtube artisanal videos.

Working in aerospace on CNC mills, we used carbide helical thread mills that looked similar to an end mill with threaded flutes and would helical interpolate them inside a large boss to create threads. A massive improvement over the massive taps we originally used that generated enough heat to warm your home in winter.

My serotonin spiked when I saw the ToT logo pop up in my notifications.

I really hope this one holds up to the standard you set during the last threading video. The use of colored smoke in your signals really changed things up!

If you braze the tap into the center of a piece of hex stock for a 3 flute, or square stock for a 2/4 flute, you can use all the flutes as cutting edges over time and still use them as a standard tap.

"If you're a masochist, I mean, machinist" that gave me a good chuckle

My friend is on lockdown at the moment and can’t leave his house. We call him Internal Fred.

I kept waiting for the reveal on whatever special effect was used to generate that comedically large nut and bolt... but it appears Tony actually had that on his bench, in case he needs to mount a 5-inch deck gun to his dirt bike.

I don't know what's more captivating - the tips & techniques or the dry sense of humour ! Love it. My life have been changed watching this....

Thanks Tony, with this video I was able to make a part that I couldn't buy. My son salvaged a chinese lathe from the scrap metal bin at his work. It had some problems but since we had it for free I thought I'd have a go. I'm a 60yo novice to machining with my own cheap lathe to work with. Anyway, the biggest hurdle was the spindle pulley nut was missing and I couldn't find a new one. It has a 28 x 1mm inside thread and I don't have the right tools. I do have thread taps though. Long story short, made the part successfully from 12mm steel plate and a home-made tap holder with set screws. From a novice, this is my proudest achievement so far. Thanks again for your advice and encouragement. Love your channel and your style, cheers.