The new taps and dies have three features: black oxide coating to fight against corrosion, markings for size identification and machined threads for threading. The Milwaukee Hex-LOK 2-in-1 handle ...

Fortunately, most of the time, your thread taps and tap wrench cut threads into your workpiece without a hitch, but occasionally, you'll hear a snap that ruins your day: a broken tap that’s ...

Derek Tostevin brought this 'tap and die' set to the BBC Guernsey Outside Broadcast at the Guernsey Museum. It was used for cutting a thread into a piece of wood. Specifically, it was used to ...

But with a little ingenuity you can make your own wood taps and cut threads that will perform great. Wood threads aren’t suitable for every project, but knowing that you can do it might just ...

A combination of high-quality base materials, advanced coatings, and special edge preparations results in taps that generate precision threads, with good chip evacuation, shorter set-up times, and ...