Tools & Gear Taps & Dies HSS Hand and Machine Taps

B206MD4 9/16" x 26 Brass HSS Tap Set - Goliath HSS Bright Finish BSB (Brass) Hand and Machine Tap Set (T, I, B). HSS Straight Flute Short Machine and Hand Taps. These general purpose taps are ideal for creating new threads in a wide variety of materials. Goliath HSS taps provide a high hardness to toughness ratio, compressive and tensile strength, good abrasion resistance and resistance to micro-chipping, ensuring a long tool life. British Standard Brass - brass tubing has a uniform wall thickness, irrespective of the tube diameter, therefore any thread cut on, or in, it needs to have the same depth, so 26 TPI is standard on all BSB diameters. BSB is often confused with BS Cycle thread, the difference being that brass thread has an angle of 55° whereas Cycle is 60°. Taper Taps have a lead of eight threads and are used as a starting tap in difficult or high precision holes. Intermediate Taps have a lead of four threads and are used in most general purpose applications to cut a thread true to a pre-drilled pilot hole. Bottoming Taps have a lead of two threads and are used to ensure minimum thread run-out when tapping to the bottom of a blind hole. Bottoming Taps are typically preceded by the use of a Taper or Intermediate Tap. Manufactured from HSS this general purpose tap is designed for use in medium tensile materials and is for hand or general machine use.