Sherwood Taps

Sherwood HSS Taps are the general purpose option for thread cutting in most materials including steel, some stainless steels, cast irons and non-ferrous materials such as Aluminium, Brass and many others.

Manufactured with precision ground flutes for producing accurate thread forms, Sherwood Taps are available in all the popular thread forms and as straight Flute `Hand` Taps in 3 leads, Fluteless, Spiral Flute, or Spiral Point Machine Taps and also Long Series.

Sherwood Tap dimensions conform to ISO529 apart from NPT Forms which conform to ANSI 94.9. Straight Flute and Fluteless Taps are manufactured with a standard Bright Finish whereas the Machine Taps have an Oxidised Finish for best results dissipating the heat build-up associated with these applications.

Thread Forms are Class 2 medium fit tolerance.

For all technical and dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

Plug Tap BSPF (British Standard Pipe Fine) Straight Flute Ground Thread HSS

The Sherwood Plug tap is used last after the Taper and Second tap have been used, when threading blind holes it cuts threads to the bottom of the hole.

PSC and PSCa (adjustable) Collets for Plain Shank Cutters

Tru-Loc Collets are available for plain shank cutters in two different styles, PSC non adjustable and PSCa - Collets with an adjustable back-stop screw to allow more accurate & consistent cutter replacement.

For all dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

PSC(a) Type

Duratec™ SFB - formerly known as Super Flex-Back

Made from carbon steel with a flexible back, Duratec™ SFB is ideal for economical cutting on easy-to-machine ferrous or non-ferrous metal and wood.
Features: Flexible carbon steel back. Wide range of widths, thickness and pitches.
Benefits: Blades can be run at higher band speeds than standard bi metal blades.
Economical general purpose cutting. Ideal for both contour & straight cutting.
Suitable for light vertical and horizontal machines.
Applications: Wood, plastics.
Non-ferrous foundry materials.
Low alloy and non-ferrous metals.
Furniture, composition board.

Dormer Machine Taps

Dormer machine tap ranges have been designed for use with a high quality floating tool holder. For synchronous tapping on CNC machines with a rigid tapping cycle, Dormer SynchroFlex tool holders are recommended for a precisely defined minimum compensation in order to maximise machine performance. This is particularly important for larger sizes of spiral flute taps.

Available in spiral point for through holes and spiral flute for blind holes with 45 spiral angle. The three radii profile, with a constant rake angle all along the flute, is specially designed to give an optimum performance and chip evacuation in materials being threaded.
Surface Treatment
Special gold finish with bright flutes/thread, or steam tempering (blue) guarantee a smooth cutting action with less build up on the cutting edge.

Manufactured from HSS-XS1 premium quality vanadium powder steel and HSCo for superior toughness and edge strength, to give a high resistance to wear and long tool life.

All taps are available in Metric thread form initially. Thread forms Metric Fine, UNC, UNF and G will be stocked from September 2010.
Short Thread Length
The short thread length means low torque and better chip evacuation.
Thread Depth
Threading to depths of up to 2.5 x Diameter.

EP01 Series Spiral Point Metric Machine Tap

Dormer Spiral Point Machine Taps for through holes. Taper lead to DIN form B.
With Blue finish.
Tapping tolerance to 6H.
Max depth 2.5 x D.

Sherwood Jobber Drills Steam Tempered HSS

Suitable for drilling steel, cast steel, alloyed and unalloyed, grey cast iron, spheroidal iron, sintered powder metal, German silver and graphite. Manufactured to BS328/DIN338RN.

Black Finish (W-Finish)
This is the most common surface finish and is the result of a steam tempering operation in which steam is passed over the product during a controlled tempering cycle, producing a black oxide layer. Black tools are generally recommended for ferrous applications where the oxide layer aids chip flow, helps to dissipate heat by retaining some coolant on the tool surface and also helps to prevent the tool from staining.

Series J100

Iscar HELITURN Indexable Inserts

Iscar HELITURN LD Inserts with High Helical Cutting Edge for High Metal Removal Rates. The HELITURN LD inserts WNMX ...-HTW and CNMX ...-HTW are produced from the most advanced SUMO TEC grades. These inserts are designed with very positive radial helical cutting edges and positive rake angles ? a combination which substantially reduces the cutting forces and facilitates higher productivity.

The CNMX and WNMX insert corners are equipped with a wiper configuration which produces high surface finish, even at high feeds.

In many cases the surface finish is sufficient for eliminating a finishing cut.
HELITURN LD inserts were designed for heavy machining applications. Their unique design ensures reliable, Fast Metal Removal.

ISCAR has recently added the HMW chipformer for machining stainless steel, high temperture alloys and soft, low carbon steel.

CNMX and WNMX inserts require special tools with appropriate seats.

CNMX HELITURN Indexable Inserts

Grade Description: IC807 A tough submicron substrate improved TiAIN PVD coated grade for better chip flow. Suitable for turning heat resistant alloys, austenitic stainless steel and hard steel at low to medium cutting speeds

EP40 DIN 5156 Gold Spiral Point BSP(G) Taps

Gold
Bright Finish

Sherwood Jobber Drills Bright Finish HSS

General-purpose drills for steel, cast steel, grey cast iron, malleable cast iron, nickel brass, aluminium alloy and graphite. Point angle 118, helix angle: normal, web thickness: standard, relief angle: 10-20, tolerance of diameter: h8, tolerance of shank: f11. Manufactured to BS328/DIN338RN. Bright finish: drills with a bright finish are supplied in the as-ground condition and such tools are used generally in the machining of non-ferrous materials.

Series J100 - Metric - Bright Finish

Guhring Slot Drills

Short rigid slot drills to suit all general-purpose profiling applications, including alloyed steels, stainless steels and non-ferrous materials. Centre cutting with a unique Fire coating that is applied in Guhring's own coating plants using the PVD process. This all-around performance coating can achieve two to three times the performance of TiN, and considerably better than TiALN. It has excellent heat resistance as well as high toughness, therefore it is well-suited for interrupted cutting.

For all dimensional and technical specifications please refer to our catalogue.

Series 3670 4 Flute Slot Drills

Swiss+Tech® 'Black Ring' Taps HSS-E

Swiss+Tech® Black Ring Taps are the realisation of narrower tolerances and more efficient cutting times when tapping. The Swiss+Tech® HSS-E Black Ring tool geometry has been developed and optimized during long-term tests with users threading materials such as structural steel, aluminium castings, machining steel, VA-steels, heat-resistant steels and tool steels.

HSS-E Black Ring Taps

The unique general-purpose properties of Swiss+Tech® Black Ring Tap guarantees high productivity by reducing the amount of time spent changing taps for different materials and at the same time reduces the number of taps required by the machine shop. Swiss+Tech® Black Ring machine taps with their wide range of applications are the result of years of experience in metal cutting to the demands from customers:
For increased versatility.
Reducing the confusing type variety.
Reducing the storage costs for the tools.
Reducing the tool changing times, for general tapping applications.

Manufactured to DIN 371/376

For all technical specifications please refer to our catalogue.