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3/8" x 16 BSW Bottoming Chrome Tap
| Part Number: | 4228-3/8B |
| Brand: | Bordo |
| Barcode: | 9326518042549 |
| Pack Qty: | 1 |
| Diameter (inch): | 3/8 |
| Drill Diameter (mm): | 7.9 |
| Lead: | Bottoming |
| Overall Length (mm): | 80 |
| Pitch (tpi): | 16 |
| Thread Form: | BSW |
About this item:
- 3/8" x 16 BSW Bottoming Chrome Tap
- Chrome Alloy BSW Bottoming Hand Tap.
- Used as thread chasers to clean an existing thread.
- They can also be used to create a new female thread in non-ferrous metals and plastics.
- Chrome alloy taps are not suitable for creating precision, safety or critical threads.
- British Standard Whitworth has a thread angle of 55 degrees as opposed to 60 degrees in Metric and Unified threads.
- This thread form was developed by Sir Joseph Whitworth in 1841.
- The thread form has rounded roots and crests and is specified in BS84:1956.
- The major diameter of external thread and pitch are specified by a simple numerical value (most commonly measured in millimetres).
- Bottoming Taps have a lead of two threads and are used to ensure minimum thread run-out when tapping to the bottom of a blind hole.
- Bottoming Taps are typically preceded by the use of a Taper or Intermediate Tap.