Cheap Tap and die set at Aldi

[winchman]

Its not a Rolls Royce but ideal as a starter set
https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sun-10-jan/product-detail/ps/p/tap-and-die-set-2/

 

[brightspark]

ok for cleaning threads up but I wouldn't fancy tapping something ive made and spent a lot of time on and ruin it if one snapped in

 

[Spark plug]

I personally wouldn't bother, as the time and pain incurred exctracting 1 tap out of a hole when it snaps you'll wish you didn't bother.

 

[Maker]

They'd do the job if the job is threaded cheddar.

 

[BrokenBiker]

walk away...my father brought these out when he decided he wanted to drill and tap his holes instead of letting me weld captive nuts on...they are made of fudge...M8 tap in a properly drilled 6.8mm hole, plenty of trefolex on there and it managed to get 3mm into the steel before it stripped the teeth off the tap

 

[ronan]

They are good value for use cleaning up threads, and save your presto ones for good use.

 

[gordon stephenson]

As mentioned already by our learned members, OK for chasing threads, they are usually made from something akin to case hardened plastic or so brittle and unpredictable to be not worth taking the risk tapping/screwing anything decent,

 

[langy]

Not again !!!

 

[langy]

As I said on another thread about taps & dies, it's not till you have quality taps do you realize how crap these are !!!

 

[Windy Miller]

As I said on another thread about taps & dies, it's not till you have quality taps do you realize how crap these are !!!

They ARE crap! Even the box is flimsy! I bought one a few years ago late one evening, just to clean up one particular thread, and I can confirm that they are made of fudge! Each time I have tried to cut a new thread with it, it has let me down.

They are just about ok for cleaning up, but that's all I ever use them for now.

 

[brightspark]

I wouldn't waste me-14 quid. ive got decent presto sets from -autojumbles for 25 quid

 

[rikrobson]

Cheap is cheap for a reason.

 

[brightspark]

Cheap is cheap for a reason.

and snap em in an important-- -job works out dear

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

I am a bit of an Aldi fan, but even I haven't dared to buy the set of taps.

 

[Parm]

I am a bit of an Aldi fan, but even I haven't dared to buy the set of taps.

I've got a set of clamps from Aldi and theve been serving me well for the last 7 years with serious DIY use

 

[sardine]

They cut rough as a goats knee, OK for farmyard fabricating, but no good for quality work.

 

[ronan]

I got one of the led inspection lights and i have gotten years out of it, some of their stuff is good, and some of it is rubbish.

 

[123hotchef]

i have just replaced all the broken taps from the aldi set with dorma taps much better quality I did snap the M4 one pita to get it out