On 10/28/2009 09:51 AM, Wayne Bingham wrote:
> With the discussion of Swiss threaded BBs and the appropriate
> tapping/chasing tool, I though I would make this offer to the CR list in the
> hope of putting these tools in the hands of those that might best be able to
> help with this need as it arises in the CR community. I have a limited
> number of VAR Swiss (35x1.00 left-hand) taps. These are new and unused, of
> course, and are very high quality cutting tools made for the VAR #380
> system. I believe that these also fit Campag BB tools, but not really sure
> (can anyone confirm that or other compatibility?).
No, the VAR taps do not fit on the Campy handles. The Campy BB facing tool, however, fits very nicely through a VAR tap, so you can face a BB shell by chasing the threads with the VAR taps, withdrawing the handles but leaving the taps in place to pilot the Campy facer tool. That way you don't have to buy the specific pilot sleeves for each thread type.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA