anybody know where I can find one.

searching amazon only brings up metric stuff for some reason, and harbor freight has a 1.25 X 11.5 tap

anybody...seems like it should be pretty easy to find

http://www.wttool.com/product-exec/product_id/25134/nm/Industrial_Quality_Plug_Hand_Tap_WT_Import_

I would use duct tape before using a hf tap

e-taps.com sells them.

my dad just bought one, the make is "Interstate", but i don't know where he got it (he found it somewhere cheaper than e-taps)

thanks...I must have been searching wrong because it doesn't look like there a rare commodity.

anyways, ive got a friend whos planning on running some 1.25 johnny joints. we have some 1.25 ID tubing and we were planning on just tapping it to run the joints. I figure its a stronger design, and less prone to failure. would I be able to tap this by hand, or is would something this size need to be done in a lathe

thanks

thanks...I must have been searching wrong because it doesn't look like there a rare commodity.

anyways, ive got a friend whos planning on running some 1.25 johnny joints. we have some 1.25 ID tubing and we were planning on just tapping it to run the joints. I figure its a stronger design, and less prone to failure. would I be able to tap this by hand, or is would something this size need to be done in a lathe

thanks
dont work like that. you need a smaller hole than 1.25ID.

ahhh shit.

well then, anybody want to explain to me what ill be needing to do for this. we can get different sized tubing if necessary.

You should be tapping an ID of 1.1719"

well....in an attempt to save some money by simply buying a 30 dollar tap and not have to buy inserts, it appears that we would have to do a lot more work, and cost more also

we will probably we going the weld in bung route

thanks

Looks like minor diameter of the thread needs to be 1.1719", so something close to that.

with the correct jig you could drill and tap them in a drill press. i just did my 1.25 bungs in my lathe. it took about 45min for two. i used the lathe to turn the tap in so it took little to no muscle.

e-taps.com sells them.

my dad just bought one, the make is "Interstate", but i don't know where he got it (he found it somewhere cheaper than e-taps)

Interstate is simply a brand name for what Enco and MSC used to non-descriptly generically call "import." IOW, it's crap.

edit: should be Intercontinental

('cuz I eat French toast) hmm... wonder if anyone got that

We have a couple on sale this month, (in the red)

http://www.fastenal.com/web/products.ex?N=999601103+1199943171+1199793074&Nty=0

FMTs are made in the USA and are good quality.. if you are doing production runs I'd step up to a OSG tap

We have a couple on sale this month, (in the red)

http://www.fastenal.com/web/products.ex?N=999601103+1199943171+1199793074&Nty=0

FMTs are made in the USA and are good quality.. if you are doing production runs I'd step up to a OSG tap
they give you the drill tap size too. good shit. i had to figure it out with some good old math.:)

your gonna wanna use 1.5" x .188 wall which will give you a 1.12 ID and then sleeve the whole thing with 2"x.25 wall and call it done. which will give you some pretty beef links .438 thick or just over 7/16" option two is if you have access to a lathe bore out the ID of your tube then tap it.

mcmaster-carr

I did the same thing for my links but i'm running 1.75" tubing with .375" wall which gives a ID of 1". For what i payed for a tap and drill bit($200 can.) and the time it took i would of being better off running weld-in bungs.