Best Tap Brand debate.

[dustywalski]

I've been in the machining world for about 15 years, and our shop has carried a variety of tap brands throughout the years. For the best bang for your buck what brand is your favorite? Mine was always nachi and guhring, but over the years OSG has really held their own.

 

[Donkey Hotey]

Three pages, easy.

 

[Conrad Hoffman]

I'm a big fan of Besly taps because they're USA made and the company is easy to deal with. https://www.besly.com/taps.htm
Have certainly used a bunch of OSG and liked those. Also like Emuge a lot. https://www.emuge-franken-group.com/us/en/taps/a/Taps
For form taps, Balax is hard to beat. https://www.gwstoolgroup.com/explore-products/threading/forming-taps/

 

[BajaFire]

Three pages, easy.

Type faster. I'm on the edge of my seat!

 

[Mtndew]

Pick one. All big brand name mfg's have really good taps.
A brand that probably has the largest selection with excellent quality is Emuge.

OSG, Guhring and Sandvik taps I've been using for decades. No complaints.

 

[rjwalker1973]

We mainly use OSG and Guhring and have no complaints really.

 

[fmari --MariTool-]

Nachi powdered metal taps, OSG, Guhring.

 

[CAMasochism]

I've pretty much always used either OSG or Emuge, with the odd mystery no name that also happens to be the only one in it's size thrown in for good measure

 

[DanASM]

I agree with all of the above ^^^

 

[EMTech]

I hate endorsing a whole line of tools from any brand.
Some "series" of taps are good from a brand, but I know there are also series from the same brand that I have not liked.
OSG, EMUGE, and GUHRING are my go to brands, but there are also series in these brands that I hate.

 

[???]

DC Swiss, OSG. Definitely not Guhring. They have definitely slipped in their QC.

 

[Limy Sami]

Whilst not high production or CNC I've always got on very well with YG - and with my buying power (aka non existant) they were still a good price

 

[???]

I was interviewed for a position of model shop manager at world leading medical company. I asked what cutters they used, YG the best in the world. Not at dig at you Sami. I used YG when I first started using solid carbide and although they are not OSG they were a damn sight better than the Pilot crap that I had worked with. Locally we have Suttons which I never buy as they are so hard that they chip really easily. Another good brand is Hahnreiter. A really good brand for general work is FEW from French engineering works in South Africa obviously well priced.

 

[Cole2534]

Taps are kinda like 1/8" endmills- I've no idea how long they last, I always trash them long before they're out of life. Haha

 

[rons]

OSG
Greenfield
Union Butterfield
PowerTap

The best tap is the one they have in stock for pickup at the will call counter.

 

[CAMasochism]

Experience tells me also, the first tap you use for a job will be the best, it will last for hundreds of holes. Then once you are forced to replace it every other tap will chip, snap, pack up chips and just be a horrid pain in the ass and only get a few dozen holes even though it came in the same packaging as the first tap.

 

[Freedommachine]

Emuge is my favorite. Their spiral taps are excellent.

Taps | EMUGE-FRANKEN

www.emuge-franken-group.com

 

[FamilyTradition]

I've had fairly good luck with OSG for production work.

For projects around the house or maintenance/tool room type work I like using my old GTD set (for the sizes in that set)

 

[Seesecurity]

Used to be Titex until they were consumed by Walter...

 

[cmccull166]

Hands down Emuge,but expensive and their catalog gives me a headache and takes
a lot of time to figure out what is the best tap for the material.
Maybe its just me