Quote Originally Posted by popspipes View Post
I guiess I am really slow here??

safe height .5
320 rpm
#6 to 5mm 10 ipm
dwell .5
no blind holes machine tapped
use machine taps only, found this out the hard way!
use oil, and plenty of it.

I worked with 300 series stainless for over 40 years, mabe a bit gunshy?? The solvent type Rapid Tap worked wonders with it.
I use Rapid Tap sometimes, but my goto is Tap Magic all metals formula.