Tapping head for CNC lathe

[Philcott]

I love living on our island but I have to say finding new tooling is not as easy as one might think. I've been pressuring the bossman to send me to a tool show again since it's been 15 years. Hopefully I can get to Chicago next year but I'm not holding my breath.

 

We have long used hardinge's TT-3/4 tapping heads for both cut and form tapping. They have served us well but I thought it's just about time to see what else is out there and what other guys are using. DO you use compression style?

 

On the machines that have rigid tapping we use that but we have a few lathes that don't have it.

 

What are you using and are you happy with it.

[GoetzInd]

We use some Tapmatic products. No complaints here.

 

http://tapmatic.com/

 

Mike

[Philcott]

Do you use the compression style or a floating one?