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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...