Drill America 3/8-16 UNC High Speed Steel Tap Set

Always a great product. Never had any issues. Keep em lubed.

The cheap sets you get at mass retailers are okay, but theres no substitute for having a taper tap, a regular tap, and a bottoming tap all in the same size for some jobs, and the cheap sets you see usually only have regular taps. I still use my cheap taps, but when Im, working on something special like a steam engine kit, I order up one of these sets in each size Im going to need.

These taps DO NOT have the center for using a tap follower as pictured.

Only one tap is a bottom tap. The other two are standard tapered taps.

Works great. Used it at work to tap out some screw holes.

The tap set (I ordered #8-32 3-piece set) arrived promptly. It was nicely packaged and appeared to be of good quality. The cutting surfaces were sharp, and the taps nicely finished. I used them to tap several blind holes in brass, and they worked just fine. Other reviewers have complained that they are flimsy and not durable, but I certainly didnt observe that. They seem just like any other tap I have used in the past. Id definitely recommend them.

Great for the money.

I needed 1/4-28 taps to refresh threads for stainless steel hardware on my boat. The hardware used 1/4-28 set screws to hold pieces of railing together. The box I received indicated 1/4-28 taps. After re-tapping the holes, I found that the set screws would no longer go in all the way. Then I checked the taps themselves. All 3 were 1/4-20 taps, not 1/4-28. Horrors, after I had already used them.

Apparently there QC is not very astute. The tap packaging was labeled as 1/2-20, however the actual taps in the package. Well they were 1/2-13. Verify the actual item matches the package label, that is the lesson to learn from this.

First order had only two of the three taps, no bottoming tap. The replacement had only one tap. Ni shrink wrap or other packaging other than the plastic box for either set. So, the replacement is also going back. Dont waste your time ordering this.