TAP BTM 3/8-16NC

Features and Benefits: Material types: high carbon steel for hand tapping applications and high speed steel for machine tapping where critical dimensions are required Etched: tap size and recommended drill bit size are etched on each tool for easy identification Point styles: taper, plug, and bottoming styles are available All Hanson taps and dies are A Steel Machine Screw Tap Specs: Precision ground straight flutes provide rapid chip removal for efficient threading Designed for hand threading work Taps produce a class 2B thread 1 to 1-1/2 threads chamfered Used when threads must go to bottom of hole Ideal for all general-purpose threading Ideal for tough threading work, routine maintenance, repair and for re-threading where high accuracy and tolerance thread is not critical