I got one of my deliveries today. Screw taps for M2, M3, M4, and M5, and a few screws that weren't available via my primary screw source. I then tapped 4.5 bars and broke my M3 tap. The tap is embedded in the hole of the fifth bar. I MIGHT be able to make the tap flush and still use the bar, but I can't tap any more M3 holes.

I am super frustrated that this happened literally the day I got it. And that buying another is going to take another specialty order because America is still using the dumb Imperial system and I can't find metric stuff locally. Imperial stuff is available all over the place.

I assume that I was doing something wrong while tapping since this was literally my first time. And/or I bought low-quality taps. I did use the cheapest material they had available, maybe it's worth spending the extra for better material. My M2, M4 and M5 are all the same material, too. M4 and M5 have more girth to hopefully add more strength, but I really worry about that M2.

I should have a lot of deliveries on Monday, but the lack of screw taps actually puts a pretty big hamper on progress in the short term.

I am #16 in the PIF queue. It hasn't moved in longer than normal, and it's very tension-building. PIF is a skinner box.