Thanks for the replies. I read about using M29 in another post so I tried it on this machine but received an program error.
If the manual ever arrives perhaps I will learn how this machine rigid taps or if it does at all.
G95 feed per rev was an option on this machine and it would appear that this option is not turned on or not installed. Seems like it would be a parameter setting, but again back to the manual! Anyway, when issuing G95 I get a program error (G) which I take to be invalid G word. G94 feed per inch is the power up default. A G94 command works, no error.
There has to be someone out there that has used one of these machines!
In the meantime I just couldn't wait to break a tap, so I did. Broke a tap. I attempted to tap a #6-32 hole on a piece of 6061-T6. I drilled the hole at .1065 (#36) and was using a spiral point tap. I set the spindle at 320 RPM with a feed of 10 IPM (thread pitch of .03125 x 320rpm = 10 ipm). Using flood coolant everything was fine going in, worked perfectly! It was on the way out that I heard it snap! I was using the tap in a collet holder, not a floating holder.
Maybe when the collets for my floating holder arrive, I will give it a try and see if I can't break another tap!
I also have some roll taps on order as well, I think that will also help.