Tapping UHMW?
Tapping UHMW?
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Anyone have any experience drilling and tapping UHMW?
thanks
thanks
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RE: Tapping UHMW?
RE: Tapping UHMW?
1. Can UHMW be drilled and tapped?
2. What is the smallest tapped hole you have successfully put into UHMW? The largest?
3. Is there a depth to diamter ratio for succesful drilling and tapping of the material?
4. How does the material behave during tapping? Does it tend to gum or fuzz as opposed to creating a nice chip?
5. Is there a torque limit table or guide for the tapped holes in the subject material.
thanks
RE: Tapping UHMW?
2. 6-32, 1/8 NPT
3. It's plastic.
4. You can't cut a _thin_ chip; it moves away. You need super sharp tools that are not used for any other material. Given that, it cuts clean and smooth.
5. It's plastic. It's soft. Through holes or counterbored holes, with sleeves, are better than tapping.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Tapping UHMW?
They work well in aluminum, should work here too.
RE: Tapping UHMW?
RE: Tapping UHMW?