Author Brad Lewis
Published
April 01, 2003 - 11:00am
Shops and toolmakers discuss the challenges of tapping.
Related Glossary Terms
- tapping
tapping
Machining operation in which a tap, with teeth on its periphery, cuts internal threads in a predrilled hole having a smaller diameter than the tap diameter. Threads are formed by a combined rotary and axial-relative motion between tap and workpiece. See tap.
