THREADING TOOLS
HAND TAPS OVERVIEW
Straight Flute Taper Lead Hand Tap, ISO Standard Versatile tap design for hand use or machine tapping in medium strength, medium carbon and alloy steel. With a taper lead chamfer which produces the thinnest chips providing a very gradual and smooth cutting action. Considered to be the best choice for producing short through holes up to 1.5xD.
• UNF range:
• Metric-fine range: M8×1 – M16×1.5
• Metric range: M3 – M20
• UNC range: No. 10-24 – 1/2”
No. 10-32 – 1/2”-20
Straight Flute Plug Lead Hand Tap, ISO Standard Versatile tap design for hand use or machine tapping in medium strength, medium carbon and alloy steel. With a plug lead chamfer which gives the tap a gradual cutting action. Great for producing through holes, as they are almost as easy as taper lead taps to start, yet also offer a more complete set of threads.
• UNC range:
• Metric-fine range: M8×1 – M16×1.5
• UNF range:
• Metric range: M3 – M20
No. 10-24 – 1/2”
No. 10-32 – 1/2”-20
Straight Flute Bottoming Lead Hand Tap, ISO Standard Versatile tap for medium strength carbon and alloy steel. With bottoming lead, which though it is hard to start threading with is capable of cutting thread almost all of the way to the bottom of a blind hole. Best used as machine tap or if by hand in sequence after taper and plug lead or starter and intermediate serial tap.
• Metric-fine range: M8×1 – M16×1.5
• UNC range: No. 10-24 – 1/2”
• Metric range: M3 – M20
• UNF range: No. 10-32 – 1/2”-20
Set of 3 Straight Flute Hand Taps, ISO Standard The most versatile taps for hand use or machine tapping through or blind holes in medium strength, medium carbon and alloy steel. Set including taps with 3 different chamfer lengths; taper lead which is ideally for short through holes, plug perfect for deeper through holes and bottoming best suited for blind holes.
• Metric-fine range: M8×1 – M16×1.5
• UNF range:
• UNC range: No. 10-24 – 1/2”
• Metric range: M3 – M20
No. 10-32 – 1/2”-20
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