Machinist's Minutes: The Different Types of Taps

Understanding the different types of taps can speed up your work.

[slsummers]

The most expensive tool in a shop is a Dull tap

[johnrowley]

Thanks for sharing. Another excellent video. In the UK taps are named first taper second taper and plug

[dwhallon]

Most folks don't realize the difference in these taps. Greàt presentation

[ILuvMyString]

"We have most of a set of left hand taps." That made me laugh! So true! Most of a set of anything where I work!

[SlowEarl]

I always pick up a tip or two from you. Thanks for making great videos!

[johnsheppard]

The best one I ever pulled on an apprentice, was telling him that a left-hand thread is cut by cutting the thread from the back of the material😂😂😂

[manuelblevins]

One thing im still wondering is why a person would want more or less flutes on a tap for a particular job ! As in 3 flute over 4 flute and so on !!!

[wallacehughes]

Have you ever used crisco for taping fluid?

[mikegibson]

Talk about a Roll Tap, an STI Tap, and maybe using a Tapping Head like the Tap-O-Matic versus Rigid Tapping or Power Tapping versus Hand Tapping. Thank you.

[kieranh]

What you call the plug tap we call an intermediate tap, I guess because it's halfway between the taper and the bottoming tap.
The bottoming tap also often gets called a plug tap.
Dunedin, New Zealand.

[kegwf]

"On today's episode of "A Machinist Sorts Out His

(I am constantly doing this at work! Lol

[PraxZimmerman]

You forgot form taps! (the best kind of taps)

[Techno_Nomadic]

Missed roll taps and oversize taps for parts getting heat treated.

[Joethetooltech]

I've got a set of "draps" that i use mostly with electrical boxes but they do like to break & their max recommended thickness is no joke. I've had to replace them a few times.

[gregcollins]

An important question is how much time do you spend keeping your shop organized?

[tylerhensley]

You guys are awesome!! Thank you for sharing the type of knowledge that nobody really teaches and stuff we kinda have to learn on our own.

[madriverair]

Years ago I was an engineering student working a summer job. The machinist I was working with for some machine parts had a test for me on my first visit. He asked if I needed to call out what side of the plate the hole must be tapped from. Apparently the previous guy thought if you tapped the hole from the other side it would be left handed. My examiner had an aluminum plate with every bolt size he could find, drilled and tapped in increasing size, with the appropriate bolt so that it could be inserted from each side. I passed that test on the first go. I failed many others....

[kevinc]

Black ones, whites one, big ones, and little ones