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Does the tap handle spin free when the lathe is running?

Do you have to hold the tap stationary with your hand when the lathe is running?

Regards,

SAM
 
You got it in one Sam.

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Blogs
 
Sorry, didn't mean to imply you didn't do tapping on the machines back there.

After a few early snaps at inopportune times I don't do much power-tapping anymore ::) But what Blogs has, if you dropped a spring down the hole in the bit that fits the tailstock (assuming such hole is sufficiently closed at the far end) would be effectively the same as the spring-loaded center, and probably nicer to use as it has better control of the linearity of the tap handle with the job.

 

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