Sunday, November 04, 2012

Tap and die

Have you ever wondered how screws, bolts and nuts are made? If you have the show on TV , you can get informativeideas bout how things are made by humans, of course.In case of screws they used a special cutting tol called tap and die. Tap is used to create screw threads, which is called threading. A tap is used to cut the female portion like for instance the nut and a die is used to cut the male portion or what we call the screw. This mechanical tool has lots of uses and if you need to learn more, check out the product presentations online.