{"product_id":"tap-wrench-m1-m8","title":"Tap wrench, M1 to M8","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe taps go in this. Two handles, one in each hand, so the turning force is balanced and the tap stays upright - which is the whole reason small taps survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour jaws close on square tap shanks from M1 to M8. Total length 135 mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy a bar and not a T-handle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a T-handle you push from one side, and a side load is exactly what snaps an M1 tap. With a bar you hold both ends at equal pressure and you can feel the moment the tap stops cutting and starts binding. At this thread size, feel is the only feedback you get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe knurled sleeve drives the jaws. Turn it, the jaws close on the square shank, and the tap ends up on the centreline instead of off to one side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is made of\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe supplier states a 45-grade steel bar, alloy steel jaws and a carbon steel body. We have not tested any of that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it stops\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will grip an M1 tap, but at that size most people start the thread with the tap held in a drill press chuck and turned by hand, then move to this once the thread has bitten. It is a bar wrench, not a ratchet, so in a tight corner you will be lifting it off and repositioning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrench only. Taps sold separately.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikrabench","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47514455867583,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S1c86837df35d45ea84bb6fbc636e1ffd2.webp?v=1789933439","url":"https:\/\/arvonelle.com\/products\/tap-wrench-m1-m8","provider":"ARVONELLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}