Any one want enfield taps?

**RJW NZ** · 04-08-2009 02:33 AM

Some business friends in the UK icon

are considering having made and selling full sets of taps for smle and are asking around to ascertain potential interest.
Disregarding cost for the moment, anyone here interested?
cheers Roger

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**englishman_ca** · 04-08-2009 11:42 AM

Put me down for a set.

**Warren** · 04-08-2009 04:48 PM

They were available a couple of years ago, and the COST was around $150 Cdn. They did up a set of the 26 1/2 tpi threads. I put them on the old Culver icon

page for a chum who had them done and not a bite at all.....Lots of interest, but no money and price was at cost as minimum order was for 10 sets. All my chum wanted was to get his money back.

**John Sukey (Deceased)** · 04-08-2009 04:50 PM

Like anything else, the climate has changed. I should think there would be a lot of interest now.

**Alan de Enfield** · 04-08-2009 04:56 PM

There are Taps & Dies vailable at 26 TPI - not being an engineer would that be close enough to work instead of 26 1/2 TPI ?

http://www.tapdie.com/html/bscycle__26tpi_.html

**Mk VII** · 04-08-2009 05:33 PM

depends on the length of thread engagement. A little bit won't matter, .e.g. 2BA is usually fine when I'm making swivel screws.

**Peter Laidler** · 04-08-2009 05:37 PM

If anyone really wants the taps and dies..., but not Enfield threads, just the usual BA's and UNF's then save yourself a whole lot of money and order them direct rrom the UK icon

's largest and most efficient tap and die retailer. Contact TRACEY TOOLS of DARTMOUTH in Devon.

If you are interested, then I'll find the address and phone number but I'm sure that they'll be i the internet by now. Some of the buy it now auction house prices have been absolutely eye watering.................

**Enfieldlock** · 04-08-2009 06:00 PM

I'll back up Peter on Tracey Tools.

http://www.tracytools.com/

**breakeyp** · 04-08-2009 07:06 PM

Your post mentions taps but no dies. I would be interested in both taps and dies to the Enfield thread.

**jona** · 04-08-2009 09:21 PM

I am interested. Have some BA taps and dies, but would like to get the real thing.

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