2006-11-24 02:57:56 · 11 answers · asked by raisemoneyforcin 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
You can get tap and die sets - one makes internal threads the other makes external threads (nuts and bolts), check out the link below.
2006-11-24 03:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by joe 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Taping a hole that has been drilled in a piece of steel is the process of making threads so a bolt or screw can be tightened down to hold whatever. The tool for this process is called a tap and the tool to make threads on a steel rod is called a die. The tap is the only way to make female threads in a piece of metal. You can also take a tap and run it through a threaded hole if the threads are striped and chase them or recut them.
2006-11-24 14:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by sammy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Tapping" is the process of cutting internal threads in a pre-drilled hole using a tool called a "tap".
The opposite, "threading", is making external threads like on a bolt or pipe, this is done with a tool called a "die".
2006-11-24 11:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by michelle_greene_ragio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
way of making a thread in a drilled hole,if you needed a hole 5/16 a/f drill the hole slightly under size ,buy a 5/16 unf tap and stock handle ,screw the tap into the hole using the stock handle ,use a lubricant on the tap to produce nice clean thread
2006-11-24 11:09:02 · answer #4 · answered by dave p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the process of cutting a thread using either a single point tool ( on some CNC machines ) or a tapered tool made from HSS that has cutting flutes in order to cut the material and provide a clearance hole for the waste.
Normally you use 3 tools with gradually increasing tapers to get the full thread profile
Can apply to cutting any solid material - wood, steel, plastics.
2006-11-24 11:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes using a threading toll to the size of the hole for inserting bolts
2006-11-24 11:00:45 · answer #6 · answered by edgarrrw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
making a screw thread in metal by drilling the proper hole, using the proper tap.. (usually a kit)
2006-11-25 09:46:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually either external or internal nuts or bolts can be used to clean out an internal thread or inserting one. basic job if you knpow what your doing
2006-11-24 13:29:04 · answer #8 · answered by TERRY H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hole is drilled with tapping size drill, then hole tapped using aset of 3 taps starter intermediate and final using tapping grease to aid cutting
2006-11-25 15:38:27 · answer #9 · answered by jacs1uk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either making screw/bolt threads or cadging money of someone
2006-11-24 11:00:29 · answer #10 · answered by musicman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋