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Given the advantages, why wouldn't forming taps be the go to taps?
x and y are horizontal. z axis is vertical.
It actually doesn’t do much harm to leave them just “just lightly nipped up”; i.e. just when you feel contact without tightening.
Take 'em out, smack 'em with a hammer to squeeze the fork tighter on the blade enough that they'll stay where you put 'em.Or take 'em apart, mill the slot a bit wider and reassemble with a wave washer.
My wife suggested a pair of $1 flip flops that the grand children must put on to enter. Sell it to them as safety, then move on to safety glasses.