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Condition: brand new Material: High Speed Steel Weight & Model: (Optional)
High Speed Steel 66542
Square Head
Three Claw/Four Claw Design
jed
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2025
Listen to the other reviewers. If you used enough force to snap off your solid carbide metal tap in a hole, these little flimsy metal tips are not strong enough to reverse your tap out. There are other professional machinist type tap removal devices that may work, but even that is an iffy proposition.
1969 Ben
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2024
Yep - I also got a tap broken off because it was too aggressive chasing a thread. I believed it was going to be impossible to get that sorted until I found this and thought “what have I got to lose?” Answer: everything to gain. The smaller extractor worked perfectly in the M6 tap fragment, gliding into the three flutes and giving me leverage to put it out. Take your time! Use lubrication! Even wiggle back and forth a bit! It worked for me and I’m back in business.
vinny
Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2024
Broke easier than the tap did
John
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024
Broke apart the first time I used it, not worth the money, do not buy. Spend a bit more and buy the better product.
Ray JR
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2024
They are decent but broke on me
Jesse K.
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2023
I recently purchased the Steel Tap Extractor set from Amazon, and my experience has been nothing short of a nightmare. The moment I attempted to use it, disaster struck. The tap extractor tool broke on the very first use, leaving me with a broken tab lodged firmly in the material.The build quality of this set is shockingly poor; it couldn't even withstand the slightest pressure. The materials used are flimsy and subpar, making it utterly ineffective for its intended purpose. Instead of easing the removal process, it exacerbated the situation, making the broken tap even harder to deal with.I tried to salvage the situation and carefully follow the instructions, but it was all in vain. It felt like I was using a cheap toy rather than a serious tool for a delicate task. The frustration and wasted time were incredibly infuriating. Look into a more reliable and sturdy alternative.
Tim S
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2022
While replacing the HPFP in my car, my 6M tap had snapped in half while prepping new threads for a helicoil. I first tried to JB Weld the two pieces of tap back together, and then bought new Cobalt drill bits to try and drill through the remaining tap, both attempts failed and I was worried I'd need to shamefully tow my car to the dealer.Luckily, I found out tap extractors exist. I wish I had known sooner, as some JB weld had dried onto the remaining tap and made things even worse. I'm not sure if it's because of the JB weld, but the 6M #3 extractor was too tight of a fit to get the prongs down into the flute holes, so I ended up using the 8M. I'm glad I got this kit with both.The prongs on the 8M never broke, but after reading other reviews I was very cautious they would. I was also only able to get them down about half way, and all the way would have been ideal. I think anyone who snapped the prongs probably applied too much force too fast. I found gradually adding more and more torque slowly until I felt too much resistance helped, but also going back and forth quite a few times (even though tightening the tap in a little further seemed scary, I had nothing too lose at this point). Eventually after a few times back and forth the remaining tap began to get loose and I was able to completely unscrew it out with no issue.I think if they made these out of something a little more flexible I'd have given a 5 star and more confidence. I would have preferred the prongs to bend rather than snap. Nonetheless, I think if you're careful these should work as is.
Thom
Reviewed in Canada on May 6, 2022
Heads Up - I wasn't familiar with the sizes mentioned in the description and assumed that with a set of 6, they would cover most common sized pipes. Not so. The largest one in the set of 6 was a bit smaller than a pinky finger.
Sharon Smith
Reviewed in Canada on May 26, 2022
These are broken tap extractors and I'm sure they would work perfectly. As a broken wood screw extractor, they leave a bit to be desired. I had to remove four broken wood screws from the underside of a hardwood railing. I made the jig (piece of plywood with a hole the same diameter as the screw extractor) and clamped it to the under side if the railing and over the headless woodscrew. I chucked the extractor into the drill, laid on my back and pushed the extractor hard into the hole in the jig. You can't go too far into the wood as the extractor is not designed for it but it goes in far enough. Removed the drill and jig and broke away excess wood around the wood screw. I Had enough room to grip the screw with a pair of narrow nosed vice grips and twist it out. By the time I got to #4 it was making a bit of smoke as it burned through the wood. Got them all out plugged the holes with bits of hard wood dowel and all was well. A better tool would be something with a few teeth to cut the wood. Like a hole saw but a lot smaller.
pi-rat
Reviewed in Canada on November 23, 2022
Not sure where you could effectively use these extractors as they are both a fairly soft metal. And they are oddball sizes. The set doesn’t contain an extractor that works with 1/4-20 taps, which is a very common tap size. In the end I had to throw these out and drill out the broken tap, which is what I wa trying to avoid! Don’t bother, these are a waste of time and money.
James R. Hillaire Jr.
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2022
I only wish I knew about these years ago. Would've saved me a lot of headache. The job I was doing was tapping a 10-32 thread into a rifle bolt. A mere slip of the hand later, I snapped the tap off. I attempted to use a punch to back it out, ended up breaking it up further. I also damaged the metal I was tapping. I tabled that project till I saw this here on Amazon. Decided to give it a try. To prep the extraction, I used a comparable sized chainsaw sharpening stone. I ground down past the damaged area, apparently the heat from the grinding was enough to help loosen the broken tap. I put the appropriate Tap extractor in position and gently tapped it into position. I gently put gentle back and forth pressure, I heard a soft popping noise at first, I thought I may have broken the tool. It was actually the sound of the tap coming loose! This helped me save a Junked rifle bolt. Paid for itself easily! Just be sensible and go easy, It helped me! Thanks!
John R
Reviewed in Canada on July 22, 2021
Very delicate; if my tap spun freely I wouldn’t have invested in a tap extractor. Useless.
That guy
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2021
A screw-in our cabinet door broke at the head leaving the screw body in the cabinet trim. Did some research and saw where this could actually drill around the broken screw body, then allowed me to use needle-nosed pliers to pull out, then inserted dowel and used a new screw. When we had new cabinets installed the contractor must have run out of the correct screws, to find out what size screw to use, I took one out at the top end of the cabinet, not the same at all.Highly recommend
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