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Your cart is empty.Drill America DWT Series High Speed Steel hand taps are the most versatile taps for hand use, or for tapping under power. Hand taps are popular for use in general machine tapping or CNC tapping. For re-threading and making new threads. High Speed Steel Hand Taps come in three styles: Taper Style: Starts the thread square with the workpiece. Plug Style: Generally used in thru holes. Bottom Style: Generate the thread to the bottom of the hole. A tap set contains 1 taper, 1 plug and 1 bottoming tap.
Jeff F
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2025
I bought two of these and both of them snapped halfway through the tapping process. I had to spend some additional time removing broken tap pieces from the threaded hole.I was tapping 1/4-20 holes in mild steel (un-hardened). When these taps both failed, I scrounged around through my tool box and found an old tap and was able to complete the project with no further issues.In this case a low price definitely meant a low quality product.
Jeff F
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2025
I bought two of these and both of them snapped halfway through the tapping process. I had to spend some additional time removing broken tap pieces from the threaded hole.I was tapping 1/4-20 holes in mild steel (un-hardened). When these taps both failed, I scrounged around through my tool box and found an old tap and was able to complete the project with no further issues.In this case a low price definitely meant a low quality product.
R&L
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2024
This is a good product. I oiled it and took my time on the first set of threads I cut. The second set, I went too fast and snapped it off inside the hole I intended to tap. Take your time, do no more than 1/4 turn at a time, I did a full turn because I got overconfident and screwed up. Hopefully that helps.
R&L
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2024
This is a good product. I oiled it and took my time on the first set of threads I cut. The second set, I went too fast and snapped it off inside the hole I intended to tap. Take your time, do no more than 1/4 turn at a time, I did a full turn because I got overconfident and screwed up. Hopefully that helps.
Michael Davis
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2024
Only needed it to thread some camera mounts. Worked perfectly in aluminum. Didn’t try it in harder materials
Michael Davis
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2024
Only needed it to thread some camera mounts. Worked perfectly in aluminum. Didn’t try it in harder materials
TRJ
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2024
For a cheapo tap, worked fine. Needed a two-flute and this did the trick for a dozen holes in mild steel.
TRJ
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2024
For a cheapo tap, worked fine. Needed a two-flute and this did the trick for a dozen holes in mild steel.
Fred Turgeston
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2024
I have no reference for what makes a good one or bad one but it worked for me
Fred Turgeston
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2024
I have no reference for what makes a good one or bad one but it worked for me
Craig C
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024
Does just what a tap should do...
Craig C
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024
Does just what a tap should do...
White Crow
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2023
It broke on me but to be fair you take a risk each time you use a drill instead of a tap/die bar.It cut through thin gauge steel (my original reason for buying it) without tap fluid easy.It made it through 10 out of 12 deep aluminum holes with fluid before snapping.To be fair, and hence my 5 star, I knew the risk from using a drill for it and it was an afterthought. Some slide/rail parts I got only had half of the holes tapped for whatever reason, and I noticed they were 10-32 so I finished em with this guy.If I had an originally bigger purpose for purchasing, I would have paid $10 for a solid tap bit, but since I initially bought this for literally 4 tiny holes, and it was $3, I'll give it 5 stars
White Crow
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2023
It broke on me but to be fair you take a risk each time you use a drill instead of a tap/die bar.It cut through thin gauge steel (my original reason for buying it) without tap fluid easy.It made it through 10 out of 12 deep aluminum holes with fluid before snapping.To be fair, and hence my 5 star, I knew the risk from using a drill for it and it was an afterthought. Some slide/rail parts I got only had half of the holes tapped for whatever reason, and I noticed they were 10-32 so I finished em with this guy.If I had an originally bigger purpose for purchasing, I would have paid $10 for a solid tap bit, but since I initially bought this for literally 4 tiny holes, and it was $3, I'll give it 5 stars
Cody Allen
Reviewed in Canada on November 5, 2023
This was one of the best taps I've ever used. I own a small business and needed some taps to manufacture some parts. I decided to get some new taps because the mastercraft I had were not threading very nicely. The three flutes and high quality build made it a breeze to tap around 80 holes. Well worth the price and I will definitely get more drill america taps in the future.
Cody Allen
Reviewed in Canada on November 5, 2023
This was one of the best taps I've ever used. I own a small business and needed some taps to manufacture some parts. I decided to get some new taps because the mastercraft I had were not threading very nicely. The three flutes and high quality build made it a breeze to tap around 80 holes. Well worth the price and I will definitely get more drill america taps in the future.
Richard
Reviewed in Canada on November 22, 2023
The tap does its job, which is cutting threads. I've only tapped 2 holes with it and seems to have held up fine, no visible wear. Good enough for the price. Have definitely used better quality taps.
Richard
Reviewed in Canada on November 22, 2023
The tap does its job, which is cutting threads. I've only tapped 2 holes with it and seems to have held up fine, no visible wear. Good enough for the price. Have definitely used better quality taps.
Baso
Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2023
Tap broken while making first thread on aluminum 🥹. Material is not strong . I bought other brand 5pieces set with less price works fine. This product useless.
Baso
Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2023
Tap broken while making first thread on aluminum 🥹. Material is not strong . I bought other brand 5pieces set with less price works fine. This product useless.
Joseph Poirier
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2022
originally bought the Dewalt package, which is really, really hard steel & it snapped in the hole. Now this is a really small screw in a lawnmower, holding the transformer in place that sparks the spark plug as the magnets float by, so I couldn't go bigger. Used a grinder to make an [X] on top center of hole & titanium impact bits from Harbor Freight to cut the initial hole & break bit.The larger grooves & some PB blaster, allowed the metals to collect as I turned the new tap, so I could screw unscrew, blow out/wipe & repeat, until the hole was clear for a new screw to go in.Dewalt's pack, just didn't have deep enough grooves for the metals & snapped when I was unscrewing, which was likely my fault. But this bit allowed me to go deeper, so it was quicker & a better choice for my project.
Joseph Poirier
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2022
originally bought the Dewalt package, which is really, really hard steel & it snapped in the hole. Now this is a really small screw in a lawnmower, holding the transformer in place that sparks the spark plug as the magnets float by, so I couldn't go bigger. Used a grinder to make an [X] on top center of hole & titanium impact bits from Harbor Freight to cut the initial hole & break bit.The larger grooves & some PB blaster, allowed the metals to collect as I turned the new tap, so I could screw unscrew, blow out/wipe & repeat, until the hole was clear for a new screw to go in.Dewalt's pack, just didn't have deep enough grooves for the metals & snapped when I was unscrewing, which was likely my fault. But this bit allowed me to go deeper, so it was quicker & a better choice for my project.
Grant Borysiuk
Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2022
The taps with the end sharpened like this are my favorite.
Grant Borysiuk
Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2022
The taps with the end sharpened like this are my favorite.
Kirk Gable
Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2022
chase threads
Kirk Gable
Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2022
chase threads
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