Best Pipe Taps
Heat treated and tempered for file hard threads, and longer, useful life.
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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."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I eventually figured out that an 1 3/8 inch socket would kind of fit on the square head and was able to use my socket wrench and pry bar to finish the job."
"This is exactly what I needed to clean up threads on a cast iron pipe. I'm an average size guy and was unable to turn this with a shorter lever."
"For less than $30 and in about five minutes I was able to cut through the blocked threads and put in a new brass nipple."
"Not the nicest tap I’ve ever used but it did the job."
"My only gripe is that the plastic sleeve lists different sizes than I ordered."
"The pipe tap is well mad and lubricated right out of the package."
"My old shower pipe broke and I needed a tool to remove the 4-5 mm long part stuck inside the elbow."
"I used this tool to clean threads on an expensive swimming pool heater."
Vermont American taps and dies are tooled to the most exacting specifications to ensure that bolts fit tightly and anchor securely. High carbon steel pipe taps are ideal for pipe fittings, cutting internal threads and wherever an extremely tight fit is required.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"An excellent tool for mounting chicken water drinking nipples."
"This tap works great."
"I used this on a special application plastic pipe to thread in nipples, it worked ok."
"Now I can tap that hoe....I mean hole."
"Perfect for installation of an EGT probe on our 7.3 Excursion with a 11/32 drill bit."
"fast delivery, excellent quality, thank you."
"good product, work great!"
"Works like its suppose to."
Best Spiral Flute Taps
The computer designed flutes provide the chip removal required in production settings. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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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."
"Nice bit, the only thing is that they bite... be sure to use gloves when taking them out of the router, if you slip, you're sliced."
"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."
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 Straight Flute Taps
The Irwin Tools 2627- 3 Pc. HCS- Tap 5/16" - 18 NC provides you with three taps of varying chamfer styles for various applications. Convenient plastic pouch puts all the necessary taps at your finger tips.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great tap set with sharp cutting teeth."
"Good quality."
"Great product - performed as expected."
"ive tapped 100's of holes."
"very good quality awesome price."
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 Extension, Pulley & Nut Taps
High Speed Steel.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Works great and gets into a deep area where a standard tap would not."
"great product."