> Some good advice after my favorite tool purchase of last year: > The helicoil kits are kinda pricey, mostly due to the cost of the single > size-specific tap. Go out and buy yourself an entire tap and die kit from > sears, etc. Buy the largest metric kit you can afford, but $75 gets you a > decent start. this is no joke ... really really good advice. you don't think you'll use them when you do not have them, but once you get the set, you start using them ALL the time. :) my set is so old the plastic case is falling apart, but it's paid for itself hundreds of times during the last 20 years. :) unca joel |
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