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.

Second Tap Metric Coarse Straight Flute Ground Thread HSS

The Sherwood second tap is used after the taper tap has cut threads into the hole as far as possible. It tapers back 3 or 4 threads before a fully threaded diameter is reached. If threading a blind hole a Plug tap will be required to cut threads to the bottom of the hole.

Sherwood Extra Length Drills Taper Shank HSS

General purpose drills for steels, 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 8-20, tolerance of diameter: h8. Point angle to BS328 PTI 1986.

For all dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

2 Morse Taper - Inch

Sherwood Drills Taper Shank HSS

General-purpose drills to drill steels with a tensile strength up to 1.000 N/mm2, cast steel, grey cast iron, malleable cast iron, nickel brass and graphite. Point angle: 118°, helix angle: normal, relief angle: normal, tolerance of diameter: h8. Manufacturing Standard: DIN345.

For all dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

Series T100 (MT2) - Metric

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

Sherwood® Solid Carbide Drills

Sherwood Solid Carbide Stub Drills are suitable for drilling into steel, cast steel, cast iron, chilled cast iron, malleable cast iron, non-ferrous materials and abrasive plastic.
Point angle: 118°, helix angle: 30°, tolerance of diameter: h7, tolerance of shank: h6.
Manufactured to Works Standard.

Solid Carbide Stub Drills

Sherwood Drills Taper Shank HSS

General-purpose drills to drill steels with a tensile strength up to 1.000 N/mm2, cast steel, grey cast iron, malleable cast iron, nickel brass and graphite. Point angle: 118°, helix angle: normal, relief angle: normal, tolerance of diameter: h8. Manufacturing Standard: DIN345.

For all dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

Series T100 (MT2) - Metric

Sherwood® Solid Carbide Drills

General-purpose drills for drilling a wide variety of metallic and non-metallic materials. Point angle: 118°. Tolerance of diameter: h7. Tolerance of shank: h6. Supply unit. All diameters - 1 pce. Manufacturing Standard: BS 328, DIN 338.

J102 Solid Carbide Jobber Drills

Sherwood Long Series Drills HSS

General-purpose high speed steel long series drills are designed for deep hole drilling of most materials. The drill has the same diameter on both the fluted section and the shank. Manufactured to BS328;Part 1:1986, DIN340RN, ISO494.

For all dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

Series L100 - Inch

Sherwood Stub Drills HSS

General-purpose drills for use on automatics and turret lathes. Suitable for drilling steels, cast iron, alloy steel and malleable cast iron. Point angle: 118, Helix angle: Normal, Web thickness: standard, Relief angle: 10-20, Tolerance of diameter: h8, Tolerance of shank: f11. Manufactured to BS328:Part 1:1986/DIN338.

Series S100

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.

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

Each set of Sherwood taps contain one taper, second and plug lead tap:

Sherwood HSS Taper Taps are used to start cutting the thread. They are tapered back from the end 6 to 10 threads before a fully threaded diameter is reached. This allows the tap to be positioned easily and correctly before it starts to cut the thread.

The Second Tap is used after the taper tap has cut threads into the hole as far as possible. It tapers back 3 or 4 threads before full thread diameter is reached.

The Plug Tap cuts threads to the bottom of a blind hole. It is only necessary to use the full set of taps when a blind hole is to be tapped.