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Post by mmaidnz on Jan 12, 2007 6:42:21 GMT
Hi,guys.Has anyone heard of this make of taps/dies?
I understand they are english made.I got a 0-8BA set for NZ$30(about10 quid in old money).
They are in the post ,so i'm hoping i haven't bought a load of old tat:).
Does the maker still exist?
Any info welcome.many thanks.Hans.
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Post by Jo on Jan 12, 2007 7:27:06 GMT
Hi Hans, I suspect that this may be one of the various makes that I inspected back at the Midlands show. My opinion of the general standard of the new cheap taps/dies was so high that I brought a second hand one. The general problem I observed was that whilst the dies had threads, the threads had not been deburred  . I also noted that there is a variation in the numbers of cutting faces/width of cutting faces on these new cheap manufacturers. Jo |
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Post by mmaidnz on Jan 12, 2007 7:33:20 GMT
Hi Jo,the set i bought is actually quite an old set,maybe 30 or more yrs old.It IS complete, though i don't know if all the bits are original.It's in a wooden box,which looks to be well kept.
Oh well,fingers crossed till next weeks post arrives.
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Post by mmaidnz on Jan 12, 2007 7:35:17 GMT
Sorry,Jo,i know you're NOT a guy.I'm a male chauvinist pig!So there, i told myself off good 'n proper:).
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Post by Jo on Jan 12, 2007 7:52:24 GMT
Hi Hans,
I have just checked through my dies and cannot see any by toga, a few totem (I think Tracy tools used to sell those back in the early 90's), so sorry can't help.
I got a very nice Britool 0-10Ba tap set (set of three of each even sizes) for a fiver the other year so you could be lucky...
Jo
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abby
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Post by abby on Jan 12, 2007 10:27:21 GMT
Famous brand m8 , very good quality. Not exactly sure who made them but I think they were in Sheffield . Many cheap drill and Tap and Die sets are carbon steel not HSS , best to check . I recently bought a bargain HSS drill set made in China , the cutting edges were ground at different angles !
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Post by roger on Jan 12, 2007 17:15:22 GMT
Toga excellent make of tap and die have a large number myself
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Post by John Lee on Jan 12, 2007 18:19:31 GMT
Hi,guys.Has anyone heard of this make of taps/dies? I understand they are english made.I got a 0-8BA set for NZ$30(about10 quid in old money). They are in the post ,so i'm hoping i haven't bought a load of old tat:). Does the maker still exist? Any info welcome.many thanks.Hans. Toga are quality, you will not be disappointed providing they are new and not abused. Totem as mentioned are good, as are Britool. Toga are not available as new stock I think, just as well greased and packaged old stock. Perhaps they went bust, I have not seen any adverts for 10 years or so. John |
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Post by alanstepney on Jan 12, 2007 20:33:44 GMT
Toga were around in the 60's and I believe date from many years before that.
Havent seen them for sale in the past, well, many years so I suspect they are part of Britains vanished engineering industry.
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. I also noted that there is a variation in the numbers of cutting faces/width of cutting faces on these new cheap manufacturers. 
