Metric taps, where to buy?

[/J/]

Will a standard place like Home Depot or Lowes carry metric taps, or should I skip those and start looking somewhere that's more of a specialty hardware store?

[zman]

Sears is your friend

[Da Baddest Mofo]

Lowes does. Which one you need?

[/J/]

M6 x 1.0

If I hadn't procrastinated, I just found a place... www.grainger.com ...a lot like McMaster Carr but not quite as good from what I'm told. I could have done will call and could have picked it up 8 minutes away.

[/J/]

Sears is your friend

Usually is! Looks like I go to the mall tomorrow. I have something to return at Macy's anyway, but I dislike going to the mall, hahah.

[Da Baddest Mofo]

M6 x 1.0

If I hadn't procrastinated, I just found a place... www.grainger.com ...a lot like McMaster Carr but not quite as good from what I'm told. I could have done will call and could have picked it up 8 minutes away.
That's the one I broke. I sharpened it using the bench grinder, but never used after that. I got that set from Lowes for $40 or so.

[Dee Dub]

Yup...Grainger's

[/J/]

I got a tap and bit combo pack (6mm tap 5mm bit) and a manual tap wrench for $12 (std price). Not bad. Now to see if I f- it up or not. :owneddance

[Nocontrol]

if you need one quickly, ace hardware has them, they use to sell single ones for like $3 (without packaging) but last time i needed one they put them in ziplocs and raised the price to $7 along with the packaged ones. fuckers. i bought one in the package.

[cbrizzle]

i bought a complete set from harbor freight (5mm - 14mm) for under $50

[XR250rdr]

For occasional use tapping aluminum or mild steel, the HF taps work fine. Anything harder just buy some high quality taps from McMaster Carr or an industrial hardware store.

[MojoNoGo]

McMaster Carr, or MSC Industrial Supply.