Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Using a tapping attachment with a CNC bore cycle

doug98105 wrote:

> Fitch,
>
> I have several Tapmatics among other tapping heads. I have yet to
> see any of them that'll tap as large a hole as they're rated. My
> 1/2" capacity units are good for 3/8"-16 on a good day, maybe. Keep
> us posted on how well yours function.

Maybe that's why the Procunier 15000 is at least twice the size of the
Tapmatic. I've had mine apart (some idiot put WD-40 in there, and lots
of it! Oil makes clutches grip real well -- oh yeah!) and the forward
clutch is almost as big as the housing, and it is a cone clutch.

Jon