Date: 10-26-2026
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Number of Hours: 3.00
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Short Description: Freed the Trapped Skin from the Broken Tap Shaft
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Freed the Trapped Skin from the Broken Tap Shaft. Used Carbide Dremel Tool Bits to grind the exposed tap shaft that was above the skin. First, I drilled a #40 hole in a thicker piece of aluminum. This hole was positioned over the exposed tap and clamped in place. This piece will help protect the skin from damage from minor excursions of the grinding bits.
The skin was freed and this exposed more of the remnant tap shaft. Using vise gripes, I was able to screw the tap from the hole.
I replaced the broken 6-32 tap with one from a Harbor Freighrt set. This worked well for about 3 holes before snapping. I used water with a little soap as a lubricant during the tapping. Using any tapping oil or similar product can cause certain crazing. The tap seemed to be going well until the snap. Again, I had enogh shaft exposed so that I could screw the tap out.
After another quick trip to HF, I finished tapping the holes.
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