Atari ST connectors (was: Atari SIO bus connectors found)

[Tony Duell]

> 
> > 1) Applying a sideways force (not just a torque) to the tap.  Often
> > by using a ppoor tap wrench
> 
> > I suspect a tap extractor would work for case (1), but the sort of
> > person to have a tap extractor is also the sort of person to use the
> > right tap wrench and apply an even torque to it.
> 
> Yes...but everyone makes mistakes occasionally.  (Which is why tap
> extractors find a market, I daresay.)

Of course. I suspect the machninist who's never broken a tap is like the 
electornic engiener who's never blown a chop. Downright useless because 
they've never done anything :-)

> 
> I've broken tools like drill bits and taps now and then.  Most of them

As have I. One of the problems with small twist drills is that they screw 
themselves into the workpiece when cutting, so if you don't feed them 
fast enough they strech and break. Had that happn a couple of times

I find it very annoying that most companies that sell small (<2mm) taps 
only sell them in sets of many sizes, and not individually. I know for a 
fact I am going to break them from time to time, and I don't want to have 
to replace the cet each time.

-tony