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    Flute Type

    Flute Type

    Chip-Clearing Taps

    Image of ProductInUse. Front orientation. Taps. Chip-Clearing Taps, Spiral-Point Flute for Through Holes.

    Spiral-Point Flute for Through Holes

    Image of ProductInUse. Front orientation. Taps. Chip-Clearing Taps, Spiral Flute for Blind Holes.

    Spiral Flute for Blind Holes

    Remove long, stringy chips to produce cleaner threads than standard taps. The flute design prevents buildup to protect the quality of the threads and avoid damage to the tap. Since you don’t need to reverse these taps to extract chips, they also create threads faster.
    High-Speed Steel—The most versatile taps resist heat and wear to stay sharp. They’re good for most metals and plastic.
    Titanium Carbon Nitride (TiCN) Coated—Resist heat, chipping, and wear for three times the life of uncoated taps.
    Spiral-Point Flute for Through Holes—Push chips ahead of the tap and out of through holes. Also known as gun taps.
    Spiral Flute for Blind Holes—Pull chips back toward the tap so they won't build up in blind holes. When tapping brittle material like iron that creates fine or powdery debris, choose a straight-flute tap.
    Plug Chamfer—Our go-to chamfer type. With a longer taper than a bottoming chamfer, they are easier to turn but won't thread as close the bottom of a hole.
    Bottoming Chamfer—These taps have the shortest taper to thread close to the bottom of blind holes. They require the most force to turn, so they’re often used to finish holes started by plug-chamfer taps.
    Drill Bit
    Spiral-Point Flute
    for Through Holes
    Spiral Flute for Blind Holes
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    High-Speed Steel
     
    Titanium Carbon Nitride (TiCN) Coated
    M2.6 × 0.45 mm7/64"1 31/32"Metric
    		3/32"
    		0.0938"Square—————0Bottoming20000000000000
    M2.6 × 0.45 mm15/32"1 31/32"Metric
    		3/32"
    		0.0938"SquarePlug20000000000000—————0
     

    Taps

    Image of Product. Front orientation. Taps. Taps.
    Cut threads into holes so screws, bolts, and rods fit snugly. Our basic taps have straight flutes that are good for most jobs.
    High-Speed Steel—The most versatile taps resist heat and wear to stay sharp. They’re good for most metals and plastic.
    Uncoated—The economical choice, these won't last as long as coated taps.
    Plug Chamfer—Our go-to chamfer type, these thread both through holes and blind holes. The tapered section is shorter than a taper chamfer and longer than bottoming chamfer. As a result, they're easier to turn than bottoming taps but require more force than taper taps.
    Number of Flutes—Taps with fewer flutes have more space to capture chips, so you won’t have to clear them as often. However, they can be more difficult to keep straight in the hole.
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    Plug Chamfer
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    High-Speed Steel
     
    Uncoated
    M2.6 × 0.45 mm23/64"1 47/64"Metric
    		233/32"
    		0.0937"Square00000000000000
     
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