I've been trying to figure out tapping titanium for some time and I have had a lot of trouble with it. Initially I was using very good YMW Japan made cutting taps and I kept breaking them. I did a lot of research and found that using form taps was the better idea and also using Castrol Moly-Dee CF cutting fluid.

I'm at a point now where I could really use the benefit of tapping in the machine but I'm not sure which way I should go. I know Tormach sells the tension compression heads but I've also had people recommend the Tapmatic heads as well. I do a lot of very small holes like 2-56 or 4-40 and they are blind holes.

Any advice would be appreciated. Breaking Taps is getting expensive. It is a weak point in my process that I have got to get nailed down.