The hand tap is a plug style tap that is used as a one step complete operation. The hand tap features a straight flute, right hand cut, with square drive shanks. Tap has size permanently marked on each.
Made from special tooling alloy tool steel.
- For cutting standard screw threads
- For hand threading applications
- Used in a variety of ferrous and non-ferrous materials
- Straight flute
Metric Tap Size Chart (M1 ~ M24)
Thread Size | Coarse Pitch (mm) | Drill Size (mm) | Fine Pitch (mm) | Drill Size (mm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
M1.0 | 0.25 | 0.75 | — | — |
M1.2 | 0.25 | 0.95 | — | — |
M1.4 | 0.30 | 1.10 | — | — |
M1.6 | 0.35 | 1.25 | — | — |
M1.8 | 0.35 | 1.45 | — | — |
M2.0 | 0.40 | 1.60 | — | — |
M2.2 | 0.45 | 1.75 | — | — |
M2.5 | 0.45 | 2.05 | — | — |
M3.0 | 0.50 | 2.50 | 0.35 / 0.25 | 2.65 / 2.75 |
M3.5 | 0.60 | 2.90 | — | — |
M4.0 | 0.70 | 3.30 | 0.50 | 3.50 |
M5.0 | 0.80 | 4.20 | 0.75 / 0.50 | 4.25 / 4.50 |
M6.0 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 0.75 / 0.50 | 5.25 / 5.50 |
M7.0 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 0.75 | 6.25 |
M8.0 | 1.25 | 6.75 | 1.00 / 0.75 | 7.00 / 7.25 |
M9.0 | 1.25 | 7.75 | 1.00 | 8.00 |
M10 | 1.50 | 8.50 | 1.25 / 1.00 | 8.75 / 9.00 |
M11 | 1.50 | 9.50 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
M12 | 1.75 | 10.20 | 1.50 / 1.25 | 10.50 / 10.75 |
M14 | 2.00 | 12.00 | 1.50 | 12.50 |
M15 | 2.00 | 13.00 | 1.50 | 13.50 |
M16 | 2.00 | 14.00 | 1.50 / 1.00 | 14.50 / 15.00 |
M18 | 2.50 | 15.50 | 2.00 / 1.50 | 16.00 / 16.50 |
M20 | 2.50 | 17.50 | 2.00 / 1.50 | 18.00 / 18.50 |
M22 | 2.50 | 19.50 | 2.00 / 1.50 | 20.00 / 20.50 |
M24 | 3.00 | 21.00 | 2.00 | 22.00 |