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    Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
    Agreed, just chasing the existing threads. No one is pulling such a tap with a peg-legged [one handled] wrench.
    More of a wonder is stack of adapters in use; kicking up size of 3/4" drive to socket engaging the tap. I count 3 of them.
    The 12 pt socket to fit the square drive of that tap would have a 1 1/2" sq drive then the 1 1/2"to 1" adapter then a 1" to 3/4" adapter driven by a 3/4" ratchet with a pipe cheater
    A tap that size costs upwards of a couple grand even a 3 1/2 12 TPI plug tap will set you back $1300.00. If it were in my shop and I needed to chase some machined threads with a pat that size there would be a homemade tool posting for a proper 6ft long tap handle by the time I got through



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