Taps and Dies PowerPoint Video

This PowerPoint video describes taps and dies and how to use them to repair threads. This is the unedited first take!!! Be kind.

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18:36 So thats what that file looking thing is in my tool chest! AWESOME

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The bottoming tap is, for tapping a blind hole, not meant for cleaning up threads. It has threads starting after a 2/3 thread taper, meaning you can cut threads right down to the bottom of a blind hole. (hence the name bottoming tap) For cleaning up a thread it's best to use a taper tap, the gradual taper spaced over 9/10 threads, allows the tap to catch into the, original threads more easily.