YG-1 - F4403 F4 Series Vanadium Alloy HSS Spiral Flute Tap, Steam Oxide, Round Shank with Square End, Bottoming Chamfer, 1/4"-20 Thread Size, H3 Tolerance
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My understanding is that you are asking a question. A 1/4" tap for adding a 1/4" of diameter Ensure a hole is the right size by threading 20 threads through it. The number 7 hole is for soft metals or materials. 7/32 is the size of a steel hole.
It's possible that they have run out of It shipped within a week of ordering. Most of the time, the description is
Such an action would not be right for me. There is no end mill here, it's a tap. It is also impossible to cut lateral with the flutes separated too widely. There is a possibility that you might bust some teeth with this tap. You should quickly file those edges if you want to achieve the best results.
Selected User Reviews For YG-1 - F4403 F4 Series Vanadium Alloy HSS Spiral Flute Tap, Steam Oxide, Round Shank with Square End, Bottoming Chamfer, 1/4"-20 Thread Size, H3 Tolerance
The first time I used this tap I was really impressed. I use a tap by hand, and I'm used to using more than two The taps have a taper tap and a bottoming tap when necessary. It is a mild steel that I am taping. In this case, I needed to tap 12 holes with this 1/4-inch bit The tap count is 20. It was great to see the first five or six! That was very quick and easy, saving me a lot of time. The next five got more challenging as I progressed. With the last one, the tap broke when it was time to remove it from the hole after being finished. A quarter turn of the bolt was all it took for it to snap. This is the first time in a long time that I have broken a tap. As I do not have a big budget and can't afford to buy taps, I try to be as careful as possible My guess is that's it. Basically, as long as you don't expect a long life out of this tap (in my experience nobody ever tapped more than 11 holes out of it), you should be happy with it.
My intention for buying this tap was to power tap a lot of threaded holes I needed. Hole sizes are not accurate, which is why the holes are tiny. An issue occurs with the machine screw that won't go all the way in, and it binds. To see if there was a problem with either the screw or 1st hole I tapped, I drilled a new hole and tapped a new screw, but still the same problem occurred. My plug tap cut more chips from the already tapped hole when I chased the threads by hand using a plug tap I had. This indicated that the size of this tap was inadequate. If I were to guess, it would be many thou. In the end, this will be sufficient for what I need to accomplish. Using my mill to tap a few holes and then chasing every thread by hand to get them to size will still take less time and energy than tapping them all by hand.
This is my first and last tool from YG- I hope they care for me well. They are not my first choice, and I do not recommend them. One reason for the two stars is that the quality appears to be pretty good (apart from the size issue).
Tape was being used on one of those 1/4" mild steel plates, and I snapped the home-made drill bit The tap is sourced from a depot. I have tried this one, and man, it makes such a huge We love the speed and smoothness of the ride. An almost effortless task.
There is not much to be said about these taps. When tapping, they evacuate chips like drill bits, so there is a better chance of breaking the chip with less rotation back and forth. To date I haven't broken one of these taps because I have used my hand drill by itself. Since I broke more tools than I care to admit and ruined many projects because I couldn't get the tap out of my hand drill, I never use it with a straight tap. My shopping list for these will keep growing as I need more of.
I am a bee I miss you, buddy. I am a bee I had to replace my night lead after it snapped off in the last 1/4" tap in a fresh hole in an aluminum sheet, so as I searched I saw this one on Amazon and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was actually reasonably priced! The majority of spiral, bottoming taps are exorbitantly priced, so we have turned our backs on these. This drill tap runs so fast and clean, there is no need to hold the drill back to break chips. I even chucked one up and used a cordless drill to drive this drill tap to see if it could break through a The knife cut like butter, really, it cut like butter!.
Those who use it frequently will find it to be an excellent tap. Since I have been using it for a few months, I have had no problems tapping 6061 aluminum or 1018 steel. This cutter consistently cuts clean threads and ejects chips at the rear. Those who do not own a lot of experience or infrequently use taps may want to go with a conventional straight-fluted tap since they are easier to use. Bottoming is an interesting feature, but taps can be a bit hard to start My cordless drill has a maximum screw driving setting of 13 for my Makita, so I chuck this tap up in it and set it on the max screw driving setting. Breaking the tap is impossible because the drill stalls out! So that I don't have to worry about bottoming out and breaking the tap, I can tap holes fast. I found it to be one of the best taps I've ever used and I would recommend it to anyone else who wants to tap holes quickly.
Before the tool wears out, it is very clearly possible that I will get a few more hundred taps out of it. My favorite part about this tap is how beautiful it looks. The bearing must be aligned well, but when it is, it glides I have never had a bad lock with the YG A milling machine for one thing and a corner radius mill.
As of now, I make pieces that require drilling and tapping two holes. I have been able to speed up my operation by quite a bit with this cheap tap. So I'll order a second one as a backup so I have it on hand in case of emergency. You can now tap on a mill with the touch of a button.
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