Project Farm - Taps & Dies

[Soft Cars]

The one thing I really hate is a tap or die that cuts loose tolerances. I knew Hanson would come in 1st but I was surprised Craftsman came in 2nd.

I thought Vermont American would do better than it did.

 

[Trav]

All of those he tested are low end and only good for thread chasers.

 

[Soft Cars]

All of those he tested are low end and only good for thread chasers.

What's your favorite brand for taps and dies?

 

[Greasymechtech]

https://www.mscdirect.com/basicsof/thread-forming-taps

 

[Creekside]

What's your favorite brand for taps and dies?

My favorite is whatever work buys me. If they break I’m still paid by the hour to remove it. Not my dollar not my problem. I needed some left handed drill bits and they bought some Chinese ones off Amazon…one of the tiny ones is currently broken off in a $1600 compression cylinder and that’s where it will be staying.

 

[Trav]

What's your favorite brand for taps and dies?

Widia GTD (original Greenfield tap and die), Morse, Cleveland, Presto, Guhring and others. These are all high end tooling that produce very precise threads.

Edit: I forgot to mention HSS or HSS and coated taps only for cutting new threads, carbon steel is okay for thread chasing.

 

[SubLGT]

Widia GTD (original Greenfield tap and die), Morse, Cleveland, Presto, Guhring and others. These are all high end tooling that produce very precise threads.

More brands I see recommended on machinist forums:
Keystone
Yamazawa
OSG
Emuge
Natchi
YG1

 

[Soft Cars]

Widia GTD (original Greenfield tap and die), Morse, Cleveland, Presto, Guhring and others. These are all high end tooling that produce very precise threads.

Edit: I forgot to mention HSS or HSS and coated taps only for cutting new threads, carbon steel is okay for thread chasing.

Union Butterfield, Morse, and Brubaker are my favorites.

 

[Trav]

And a dozen more at least. I have some larger ones made in Poland that are top shelf.

 

[D60]

YG1 sucks IME. OSG, Cleveland and UB have been good for me.

Poland also cranks out quality insert tools like insert mills etc

 

[JimmyChainsaw]

An old english tool maker told me there is only one good brand and that is Dormer.

 

[Trav]

Dormer is good but certainly not the only good brand.

 

[SubLGT]

...OSG, Cleveland and UB have been good for me...

I bought some OSG 6mm, 8mm, and 10mm taps, plug type, at Zoro (5pc for $53).

8mm OSG compared to a 8mm I pulled out of my old Hanson/Ace tap&die set.

https://www.osgtool.com/About-Us/ABOUT OSG