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eBook: The Guide to Perfect Tapping and Threading

This guide to perfect tapping and threading could save you some serious frustration and keep broken taps from breaking your bank.

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Tapping is one of the machining types most prone to issues because it requires careful balance, planning, and research. Because tapping is also one of the last operations to be performed on a part, screwing it up can result in a whole lot of scrapped parts and wasted time. To keep it all straight, we’ve put together this guide to perfect threading and tapping with some answers that could save you some serious frustration and keep broken taps from breaking your bank.

  • How to Choose the Right Tap and Drill Combo
  • How to Measure Thread Depth
  • Best Practices for Perfect Thread Depth
  • Common Problems, Causes, and Corrections for Taps
This is William Krueger and his dog, Bosley. Part of Xometry's amazing team in Lexington.
William Krueger
As a digital marketing specialist, William works with all forms of media from photography and video to content writing and graphic design to tell the story of American manufacturing. He holds a B.A. in Communication from Wittenberg University.