Re: [CR] FRENCH ? SWISS bottom bracket taps NEW bicycle tools - eBay item 250524034273 Dec-02-09 09

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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <254D818371E34D91B83B0D59DF5D2B58@gateway2v8e13w> <4AF34448.4020305@aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <4AF34448.4020305@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] FRENCH ? SWISS bottom bracket taps NEW bicycle tools - eBay item 250524034273 Dec-02-09 09


On 11/05/2009 03:31 PM, verktyg wrote:
> charles nighbor wrote:
>
>> we were talking about these,FRENCH SWISS bottom bracket taps NEW
>> bicycle tools
>>
>> http://ebay.com/<blah
> These style taps can be difficult to use. You have to be very
> careful because it's easy to cross thread the fine pitch threads used
> in BBs.

It doesn't look like they're piloted, either, which means you'd only want to do light thread chasing with them.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA