/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1450810
>people love wrenches from 20 years ago, but what about really old taps and dies? What was the metallurgy like? Could they evn compete with cheaper HF stuff?

they seem better to me. i got a bunch of older cleveland/ace/greenfield. they were used when i got them but blow HF out of the water. they cut nice and seem perfectly sized. HF unified varies generally on the side of slightly off size and hard to start. HF metric are alright though.

pipe taps seem inconsistent everywhere though.