Everybody who has worked on a car knows the pain and suffering of stripping or damaging threads. It can and will happen to anybody on a wrenching journey, and it often feels like a firm dead-end for ...

When it comes to the many different types of industrial machining processes available, thread milling, and thread tapping are two of the most common. Both of these processes are used for creating ...

When joining lightweight metals, the focus is on the installation space available and on optimizing performance and cost, as well as on the reliability of the fastening. And in light of that, an ...

Tool targeted at auto industry puts threads in aluminum and other soft metals. A few years ago, engineers and management at Emuge Corp., a leading maker of taps, drills, and other rotary tools, ...

Aluminum alloys are popular in numerous industries — from aerospace to automotive — because they offer a high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent thermal conductivity and corrosion resistance. Tapping ...

The average do-it-yourselfer hates to drill metal, especially steel. We don’t know how many questions readers have submitted and we’ve answered on that topic over the years. Even the most enthusiastic ...

There’s a long-running argument in the machining community: Should I tap or should I thread-mill? For many, the former is the preferred method of threadmaking on a CNC machining center. It’s fast, ...