Best Straight Flute Taps
Brand new 5/16" - 36 HSS Right hand thread Tap.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Reversing the tap out slowly left very cleanly cut threads."
"Nice 3 flute tap suitable for use with fired cases and the cartridge length gauge."
"Used this to make my own modified cases for reloading."
"Just what I needed."
"Works great for the soft metals and plastic I'm working with."
"Very fast shipping, just what I needed and worked great."
"High quality steel for tabbing."
Size: 1/2-13-NC. Plug style tap is the most commonly used style of tap - 3 to 5 threads chamfered at tip.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This tap does what I bought it for which is cleaning and repairing the threads on my zero turn blade bolt and holes."
"it worked."
"Exactly what I needed that my $120 set didn't include."
"So I used this tool to tap the hole for a half inch bolt and just used normal half inch bolts."
"good tool in this price range."
"This tap went into over 1" thick solid steel of the frame of my fork lift to repair damaged threads - it fixed them perfectly and the tap is still razor sharp."
Size: M12 X 1.25mm right Hand. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Worked well on my Camry oil pan."
"Worked great to chase threads on an old 22RE."
"Bought this to fix a stripped wheel hub for a Mark 5 VW Golf/Rabbit."
"Fits h22a crank threads perfectly saved my butt."
"Used in steel and it worked great."
Best Spiral Flute Taps
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Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"After using this bit for about 50 minutes of cut time on a CNC with a conservative feed rate and plunges, this thing broke."
"Regardless of what kind of power tool you are using, there is one universal truth: if you install a Freud blade (or bit in this case), it will perform better. I needed to do something with my new router, and the only bit I could fine was a dull / burnt, steel, off-brand bit I had laying around."
"I needed to cut some slots for tiny loose tenons in some doll furniture and this worked great on oak, cherry and maple."
"I've tried couple other brands, they all break when pushed too hard."
"In the week that I have had it, it has cut arches out of 1/2" CDX plywood, curved template cuts out of 1/2" Birch ply, mortised for concealed joist hangers in old growth cedar 4x6s and is still as sharp as when I took it out of the box."
"Combined with the dust collection system on my OF1400 EQ, and it was amazing how clean the job was cutting through plywood."
"deep mortises), router bits such as Whiteside or CMT, are better choices."
"I was cutting a 1/4" deep dado through pine at 12,000rpm with a very conservative feed rate and it just snapped."
Best Spiral Point Taps
3/8-24, H3 Powertap, UNF ANSI Plug, TiCN Coat Cobalt. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The carbide drill that I used to drill the hole for this tap had a more difficult time than the tap."
Best Pipe Taps
Century's plug taps offer precision cut threads, accurately formed for consistent, exact threading. Heat treated and tempered for file hard threads, and longer, useful life.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My RV hot water tank anode rod boss threads were corroded to the pint that I could not start the first thread of a new replacement rod. On potable water systems do not use oil or thread lube unless it is a new cut and able to wash with hot soapy water and clean rinse."
"Found the threads to be a little "lose" with this tap."
"I used this tap to make threads in an aluminum housing."
"I received this tap yesterday to finish a Pressure to Force Gauge for my hydraulic press and found a pleasant surprise in the bag, X2 of them!"
"Better than the cheaper taps, but better quality is not always needed."
"My aftermarket fuel rail came stripped, so we needed to re-tap it."
"Nice tool."
"I dip the whole tap in dark cutting oil, let the excess drip off and go at it with a ratchet, 5/8" 12 pt socket."
Best Thread Milling Taps
8342Zr - Tap 12-1 25Mm Plug Threading taps Industrial Tools. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Was able to clean up some rusted nuts on my Honda Odyssey to install a trailer hitch."
"Used this to clean out the bolt holes on my 2006 Honda Odyssey to install my Curt hitch."
"Eventually drilled hole to get bolt out leaving only the threaded piece of bolt."
"This tap performed nicely and as expected for chasing threads."
"Worked great for my needs for grease fittings this size."
"I could feel the difference between clean and fouled thread, but it didn't take a ton of effort to work through the rough patches."
"Can't just walk into a box store in this neck of the woods and walk out with a tap in these dimensions."
"The 10 X 1 mm tap was missing from my collection and I needed it for pipe fitting on a bleeder valve."
Best Thread Forming Taps
Brand new 5/8" - 27 HSS Right hand thread Tap 5/8 - 27 TPI.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Purchased this and 5/8" - 27 Right Hand Thread Die 5/8 - 27 TPI to fix some galled up aluminum microphone extension threads (I hate mixing aluminum and steel threads)."
"I had some mic clips I needed to fix due to some poor manufacturing and this worked great."
"great tool for cleaning threads of damaged mic clips!"
"Perfect for cleaning up threads in microphone stands."
"The cutter threads seem a tad short, but otherwise looks good."
"Special project."
Best Combination Drill & Taps
Black oxide treatment adds lubricity and creates small pockets on the surface of the bits that act to hold coolant near the cutting edge.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a high quality product."
Best Extension, Pulley & Nut Taps
High Speed Steel Pulley Plug Tap - the shank is ahead of the chamfered teeth so that the shank passes through the hole to be tapped before the cutting begins. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Just as advertised, decent quality!"
"Good quality tap that did the job I needed it for."