So, I haven't done much to the locomotive recently. While trying to tap a hole for one of the boiler front screws, the tiny 0-80 tap broke off into the hole, and I left it like that. Well, today I finally got the tap out and the hole filled to do it again... And I broke another tap. I probably twisted it too hard, but I was struggling to figure out why it was binding up. While tapping it, I periodically cleared the chips and even passed my drill bit through the hole each time I cleared the chips, as I thought that may help. I also lubricated the tap... Yet it still broke. Before I break a third tap (after buying replacements for my broken two), any ideas why I might be struggling on this? It entered the hole without issue, but it started to get harder once it was about 2/3 through.
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