There are a couple of ways to fix a damaged thread. The best methods are by using a tap and die set to chase threads or by use of a thread insert that replaces the original thread. Usually ...

Fasteners--nuts and bolts. You can never find the size and grade you need at the auto store, and you can't fire stripped ones out of a blunderbuss into your neighbor's golden plastic yard orb.

Just as a drill bit scrapes metal from the bottom of a hole to make it deeper, a tap cuts material away to form threads in the sides of the drilled hole. A die is a threaded steel form that cuts ...

The woman used tap water from an RV to rinse her sinuses, leading to a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by ...

Derek Tostevin brought this 'tap and die' set to the BBC Guernsey Outside Broadcast at the Guernsey Museum. It was used for cutting a thread into a piece of wood. Specifically, it was used to ...

The Kennametal facility in Lyndonville. Photo by The Caledonian Record Editor’s note: This article is by James Jardine of The Caledonian Record, in which it was first published March 27, 2014.

GREENFIELD — Greenfield, building on the 140-year history of Greenfield Tap & Die, is fighting for a major expansion of the Kennametal Inc plant here, an expansion that could instead go to the ...

X users, especially sports fans, may be seeing an influx of recent posts accompanied with photos, asking them to "tap, hold and load in 4K." What has been deemed a trend is really just a function ...

Sean Childers passed away after a recent medical emergency. He was the general manager at 221 Tap and Table restaurant. His coworkers say they will always remember his unique humor and they are ...

Maurice Hines, dancer and choreographer — and evangelist for the art of tap dancing — died Friday at age 80. Hines and his brother, the famed Gregory Hines, helped keep tap in the public eye.

He just lived. He lived every second of every day.” Joe Orecchio, the manager at Tommy’s Tavern + Tap in Sea Bright, said he worked with Bonfiglio since 2012. “Everyone here loved him so much.

Derek Tostevin brought this 'tap and die' set to the BBC Guernsey Outside Broadcast at the Guernsey Museum. It was used for cutting a thread into a piece of wood. Specifically, it was used to ...