Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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Steve S
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Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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Does carbon fiber wear tooling quickly ?
I'm on the fourth hole and believe the tap is worn out ...
Tap is a M21 x 1mm brand new .
I'm using Imperial sizing die wax for a lubricant .

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Steve S wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:13 pm Does carbon fiber wear tooling quickly ?
Yes.
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Re: Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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What GlennW said, I did a bit vacuum bagging carbon fiber and the best cutting tool was tungsten carbide grit
cutting wheels, but that has nothing to do with tapping.

For tapping could you use threaded inserts instead ?
They can be glued in with a structural epoxy, you would still have to drill for the inserts, .
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Maybe You need Metric sizing die wax instead! :)
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Re: Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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mcostello wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:40 pm Maybe You need Metric sizing die wax instead! :)

GOOD ONE ! LOL
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Re: Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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Tap make?
Tap Type?
Are you tapping the bore of Carbon Fibre tube?
If so why, and have you considered the impact of that on it's structural integrity?
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Re: Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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mcostello wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:40 pm Maybe You need Metric sizing die wax instead! :)
Years ago, my brother was a mechanic.

He had so many different spray cans of stuff that a friend joked that when he had his car in for work and my brother asked him to get him the car cleaner, he said that my bother yelled "that's the imperial one, I need the metric one".

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Re: Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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Oh yes graphite dulls tool steel cutting surfaces quickly, we used diamond coated carbide tooling for machining graphite like used to make EDM electrodes where I used to work.

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Re: Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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Magicniner wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:02 pm Tap make?
Tap Type?
Are you tapping the bore of Carbon Fibre tube?
If so why, and have you considered the impact of that on it's structural integrity?
HSS plug tap
I made a couple of carbon fiber shrouds for my pcp air rifles .
It's a modified Kral NP-03 in .177 , shoots a 9.57gr pellet at 910fps . Over 17ft/lbs energy
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Kral NP-03 SS.jpg
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Re: Tapping carbon fiber tubing

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Steve S wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:52 pm HSS plug tap
I made a couple of carbon fiber shrouds for my pcp air rifles .
It's a modified Kral NP-03 in .177 , shoots a 9.57gr pellet at 910fps . Over 17ft/lbs energy
Looks great Steve!
I've been abrading the inside of CF tube and bonding in threaded inserts for barrel shrouds.
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