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Del · 04-27-2002, 05:40 PM

I went to the local hardware store and picked up a 1/4-18 NF tap...
Will this work?
Edit: On further inspection, I found that it said on the tap 1/4-18 NPT, but the packaging said NF.

Anyways, onto another question.
I'm going to do this on a 1/4 piece of copper, as opposed to a 3/8 piece of lucite that dangerden used. This is because the 1/4 x 3 1/2 pieces of copper are on clearance at onlinemetals. Anyways, my question is, how deep should i go with the tap. I tried the tap out on the holes tapped in dangerden's lucite top and i found it would only go halfway until it started taking out plastic. Does this mean i should only go halfway with my tap into the copper?

Thanks for your help

04-27-2002, 05:40 PM	#14
Del Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 5	I went to the local hardware store and picked up a 1/4-18 NF tap... Will this work? Edit: On further inspection, I found that it said on the tap 1/4-18 NPT, but the packaging said NF. Anyways, onto another question. I'm going to do this on a 1/4 piece of copper, as opposed to a 3/8 piece of lucite that dangerden used. This is because the 1/4 x 3 1/2 pieces of copper are on clearance at onlinemetals. Anyways, my question is, how deep should i go with the tap. I tried the tap out on the holes tapped in dangerden's lucite top and i found it would only go halfway until it started taking out plastic. Does this mean i should only go halfway with my tap into the copper? Thanks for your help Last edited by Del; 04-27-2002 at 10:04 PM.