Hi Darrell

Have you found soaking with RLO to help with the vintage tap & screw-box 
as well?

So far, I haven't done that, but I've had mixed results, which I 
attributed to
- lack of skill
- poor choice of stock
- poor sharpening or set of the cutter
- some combination of the above...

Don

On 2021-09-16 8:57 p.m., Darrell wrote:
> On 16/09/2021, Dan Beck  wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experience with a wood tap and die set like this one:
>>
>> https://taytools.com/products/wood-tap-die-sets?variant=18507395498035
>>
>> I want to build a moxon vise and I really like wooden screws, so I’d like to
>> buy a wood tap and die. This type is less expensive than others I’ve seen,
>> so I’m wondering if it is any good.
> Hi Dan,
>
> I have a couple of these modern thread boxes, and a larger vintage one.
> They do work, but one thing I found was that they definitely need
> lubrication.  I soak the dowels in raw linseed oil before cutting threads.
> And for tapping, I soak the inside of the hole with oil as well.  This makes
> a huge difference in how well the modern thread boxes work.
>
>

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