Tap snapped in hole
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I was asked if I could "drill" this out
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Snapped tap been well got at

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Ground the top away

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Nice clean metal
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Welded ready for some file work & re tapping

John
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#2
as per jhone brill work Thumbsup
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#3
Nice work John. That looked a decent size tap to have been snapped...
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#4
Good work John (as usual, ho-hum). Looks like the tap was pretty near bottomed when it broke. The casting is aluminum, right?
Did you give any thought to putting in a copper "bolt" once you pried the tap out and then welding over it and then onscrewing the bolt?
It helps to assure the alignment/position of the tapped hole is retained.

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carnt even spell john right
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Bob, I think jhone looks better than John anyway. Thumbsup

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#7
Nice going mate , dam shame they never snapped one in the other hole too  Big Grin


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