Lidl Tap & Die Set

JonathanAnon · 01-12-2010 12:06AM #1

Anyone buy this lads... I'm conscious of the fact that I normally go in to Lidl ostensibly for milk and bread, and end up coming out with an inflatable house and a pair of clown shoes.... so I dont want to make that mistake again.

Tap And Die Set
(cant find it on the Irish Lidl site)

So has anybody bought one, are they any good, am I wasting my money?

bryaner · 01-12-2010 12:16AM

Lmfao legend of a post, sorry for not being of any help but I know exactly what your on about.

Go to Lidl to save €20-€30 on your weekly shop and spend the same and more on the specials..

thenightrider · 01-12-2010 12:20AM

Ive got a set from there before great kit if you need it

the mucker · 01-12-2010 12:24AM

bryaner wrote: »

Lmfao legend of a post, sorry for not being of any help but I know exactly what your on about.

Go to Lidl to save €20-€30 on your weekly shop and spend the same and more on the specials..

Ditto Aldi and Lidl tools are responsible for my own personal fiscal crisis. I haven't seen the lidl tap and die set but bought a similar one in aldi (didint look as good as this one) but it got me out of several fixes. For the money you couldn't go wrong.

William Powell · 01-12-2010 12:31AM

Useful cheap bit of kit but they are cheap, problem I found was they are very brittle and are easily snapped. The taps snap and the teeth break off the dies.

JonathanAnon · 01-12-2010 12:35AM

William Powell wrote: »

The taps snap and the teeth break off the dies.

That's what I was worried about.. I was tapping a piece of square tubing today with an M4 Draper tap, I pushed it too hard and it snapped.. and I cant imagine the Lidl ones will be STRONGER than the Draper one

Buford T Justice · 01-12-2010 03:00PM

JonathanAnon wrote: »

That's what I was worried about.. I was tapping a piece of square tubing today with an M4 Draper tap, I pushed it too hard and it snapped.. and I cant imagine the Lidl ones will be STRONGER than the Draper one

Probably not, but for the cost of them, it'd nearly be worth it to get you out of a few fixes.

bryaner · 01-12-2010 11:49PM

JonathanAnon wrote: »

That's what I was worried about.. I was tapping a piece of square tubing today with an M4 Draper tap, I pushed it too hard and it snapped.. and I cant imagine the Lidl ones will be STRONGER than the Draper one

Draper aint great tools either tbh..

chuck eastwood · 01-12-2010 11:49PM

In fairness the quality of most draper tool is pretty poor. I served my time as a toolmaker and the tool steal they use is of very poor quality in all there tool's. As with most tools you get what you pay for, aside from that I would buy them as they can come in very handy

JonathanAnon · 02-12-2010 02:26AM

okay, I drove through the snow to buy it... and having tapped my first two holes this evening... *ahem* ... it seems to be good enough.. has a much bigger bar for holding the tap with a larger span, enabling you to get a bit more torque on it. As with all taps you just need to take you're time and not force it... have never done a die and have no requirement to do one so I cant comment on the "other half" of the set.. comes in a nice steel box as well which is convenient... For 9 euros you certainly cant go wrong..

oh and thumbs up for the rubber hammer and motorbike ashtray that I bought in lidl today as well..

the mucker · 03-12-2010 09:26PM

I got a combined 1/4 3/8 socket set in Aldi a few years ago. it had a very good 1/4 bit driver l. Saw exactly the same bit driver for sale in a draper catalogue:o. I think draper dont manufacture all their tools but source and rebrand them. The expert range appear better than the cheaper stuff.

Lidl Tap & Die Set

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