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.

Spiral Flute Tap Metric Coarse Ground Thread HSS

Spiral flute taps are used for machine tapping of blind holes as the have a spiral flute that channels the swarf back behind the tap and out of the hole along the flute.

Sherwood® Centre Drills Solid Carbide

Used to produce 60° centres in components for subsequent manufacturing operations to be carried out. Tool life is extended and difficult materials may be drilled.
60° included angle.
118° drill point.
Manufactured to BS 328.
Tolerances:
Cutting diameter 0.0005
Shank diameter 0.0010
For all dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

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 UNF (Unified 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.

Sherwood® Printed Circuit Board Drills Solid Carbide

Suitable for drilling through printed circuit boards. Shank diameter: 3.175mm, 38mm overall length. Manufactured to DIN1899.

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

Sherwood Fine Pitch Ripper Cutters Threaded Shank HSS-EV

Multi flute ripper cutters. Manufactured from sintered HSS-EV extra vanadium steel. Knuckle form, h8 tolerance, standard length. Dimensions to DIN 1835D.

Regular Series

Sherwood Woodruff Cutters Threaded Shank HSS

12mm/1/2" Shank Diameter
Produces closed slots for woodruff keys to DIN 6888. For milling structural, carburizing and heat treated steel up to 900N/mm2. Manufactured to BS 122 : Part 4 : 1980. Made to DIN 850. Shank to DIN 1835/D.

Metric Limits of Tolerances:
Diameter +0.000 -0.127.
Width
2 up to 4 - 0.014 -0.028.
4 up to 7 - 0.020 -0.038.
7mm up - 0.025 -0.047.

Inch Limits of Tolerance:
Diameter +0.015" -0.100".
Width +0.000" -0.001".

For all dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

Inch

Sherwood Die Nuts

Sherwood ground thread die nuts are suitable for repairing damaged or crossed threads and clearing swarf from threads. When using a die nut (on an existing thread) it is not necessary to apply the same level of precise initial alignment required to form a new thread (i.e. with a die) as the nut will follow the existing threads. They are supplied as hexagon drive allowing them to be turned by a standard spanner or adjustable wrench without the need for a special stock.

Conform to: ISO 529

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

Die Nuts Metric Coarse Ground Thread HSS

Sherwood Gauge Drills HSS Steam Tempered

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, tolerance of shank: f11. Manufactured to ANSI B328, BS 328 and DIN 338.

Number & Letter Gauge Drills:
Gauge drills are still in common use in the U.S. In the past, they were popular elsewhere, but now have been largely discarded in favour of metric sizes. When using a gauge rather than a standard measurement of size the user has to refer to a table of gauge sizes. For example, to drill a hole which is 10 thou (thousandth of an inch .0010) bigger than a 1/8 inch bolt, the user must first work out that 1/8 inch is 125 thou, so the hole size needed is 135 thou, and then must look up in a reference book which gauge drill bit is closest to this diameter - a number 29. Number gauge sizes are similar or equivalent in some respects to, but different from, American wire gauge. Number gauge is usually used from size 80 (the smallest) to size 1 (the largest) followed by letter gauge size A (the smallest) to size Z (the largest). Number gauge is actually defined down to size 97, but these smaller sizes are rarely encountered. It happens that as the technology for making small drill bits and drilling small holes has become more available, metric drills have become the norm.

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

Series J100 - Gauge Sizes

Sherwood® Slitting Saw Blades

Sherwood® HSS slitting saws are used for cutting metal, these small diameter saws are hollow ground to give the clearance necessary for deep cutting.

Sizes up to 1" diameter do not have key ways.

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

Slitting Saw Small Diameter HSS

Sherwood Drills Taper Shank HSS

Suitable for single and multi-spindle drilling machines. The taper shank being the engineering industries recognised standard and most widely used method for holding and driving cutting tools. Manufactured to BS328;Part 1:1986, DIN345RN, DIN343RN.

For all dimensional specifications please refer to our catalogue.

Series T100 (MT4) - Metric