broke tap in gun - Page 2

**DaveTN** · 10-28-2009, 12:26 PM

Trying to grab it or beat on it is only going to damage the hole and the threads. You can try a tap extractor, but that is pretty small. An EDM machine or a tap buster is the way to go. If you don’t want to pay a machine shop to do it you might try talking to the instructor at your local Tennessee state Vo-tech center.

**aj81557** · 10-28-2009, 05:13 PM

I have seen tap extractor kits, and they go into the flute holes, there is kinda a trick to remove them sometimes by putting pins into the flute holes and turning them out.

**Superman** · 10-28-2009, 06:32 PM

The few times I have broken a tap, tap extractors have worked to get them out. But I have never broken one that small. If you have any mechanic friends they may have some tap extractors that you can try.

**aj81557** · 10-28-2009, 07:47 PM

I didn'tsee the size mentionedearlier, a #6 is kinda small, you might need to have a machine shop usea carbide mill at high speed and slowly feed into hte tap, but that takes alot of time, though I knew someone who did this, like a hour job

10-28-2009, 12:26 PM	#11 (permalink)
DaveTN TGO Senior Member Joined: Apr 2007 Where: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 2,667	Trying to grab it or beat on it is only going to damage the hole and the threads. You can try a tap extractor, but that is pretty small. An EDM machine or a tap buster is the way to go. If you don’t want to pay a machine shop to do it you might try talking to the instructor at your local Tennessee state Vo-tech center. __________________ **Diligentia Vis Celeritas Accuracy: You must hit your assailant in order to injure him. Force: You must strike your opponent with sufficient force to incapacitate him. Speed**: You must strike him quickly, in order that your opponent does not injure you before you injure him.

10-28-2009, 07:47 PM	#14 (permalink)
aj81557 TGO Member Joined: Jul 2009 Where: knoxville tn Age: 39 Posts: 106	I didn'tsee the size mentionedearlier, a #6 is kinda small, you might need to have a machine shop usea carbide mill at high speed and slowly feed into hte tap, but that takes alot of time, though I knew someone who did this, like a hour job __________________ * SIGNATURE REMOVED BY ADMIN * Read the rules!

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10-28-2009, 05:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
aj81557 TGO Member Joined: Jul 2009 Where: knoxville tn Age: 39 Posts: 106	I have seen tap extractor kits, and they go into the flute holes, there is kinda a trick to remove them sometimes by putting pins into the flute holes and turning them out.

10-28-2009, 06:32 PM	#13 (permalink)
Superman TGO Member Joined: Nov 2008 Where: Manchester, Tn Age: 30 Posts: 225	The few times I have broken a tap, tap extractors have worked to get them out. But I have never broken one that small. If you have any mechanic friends they may have some tap extractors that you can try.