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

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.

The taps shown are not what I recieved, they had a point at the front of all of them and on the backs of two of them. But they did work great for what I needed.

I had purchased these taps to clean out Frame Rail Weld Nuts in a 16 year old car. A lot of rust and road grime. The purpose was the installation of a new trailer hitch. When they first arrived I was impressed with the nice divided case that they came in. Very convenient especially considering the low cost of the set. That is where the good for this project ends. The first two snapped within minutes of use in the first nut. This was very surprising as I was using a T-Handle Tap Wrench and you cant get much torque with one. Im guessing these either had a bad temper or were from a bad batch of steel because the third lasted for the rest of the project (6 additional Weld Nuts). Next time Ill spend the extra money and get something a little higher quality.

Was just tapping aluminum, but did a great job. Had some mounting bolt threads that stripped on a Kohler engine. I drilled them deeper, and tapped with this set. The bottoming tap gave me a few more threads to screw in to.

Product came fast and they were packaged well. Nice set of taps. Perfect for what I needed.

Used for manual thread cleaning. working well even w/o lubricant

Im a machinist by trade. I cant say how they would hold up in a commercial setting but in my home shop environment they worked very well.

Great tap set at a good price.

The picture show when purchased them 3 different type of tapes. When I received them they all dead front or bottom type tapes. All are 5/8X11.

Got a set of two tapers and a plug. Complained and got another set as replacement. Same thing. If you really need a bottoming tap I guess you need to order it separate. Quality was not bad.