Regal offers a wide inventory of hand taps in machine screw, fractional and metric sizes. All hand taps are available with taper, plug or bottom chamfers.

Can’t find the exact hand tap you need? Our popular Specialty Tap page includes hand taps not included in the National Coarse (UNC) or National Fine (UNF) series and can be shipped within 24 hours.

Because there are many applications requiring unique pitch and diameter combinations, Regal offers fast shipment of thousands of combinations, if they can be manufactured to standard ANSI semi-finished blanks.

Hand Taps Explained
Hand taps are cutting tools that produce helical grooves in a hole in order to insert a fastener. Taps are used in multiple industries and trades.

Hand taps have a straight flute and come in a taper, plug or bottoming chamfer. The tapering of the threads distributes the cutting action over several teeth.

A taper tap consists of 7 to 10 threads.
A plug tap consists of 3 to 5 threads.
A bottom tap consists of 1 to 2 threads.

Taps (as well as dies) come in a variety of configurations and materials. The most common material is High Speed Steel (HSS) which is used for softer material. Cobalt is used for harder materials, such as stainless steel.

Our hand taps comply with all standards and specifications and are produced from high quality steels and carbide to meet the needs of manufacturers.