Hand taps are the most commonly used general purpose tap. They are recommended for tapping free machining steels, stainless steels, aluminum, zinc, and ductile materials.

Plug taps have 3-5 chamfered threads and are utilized in either through or blind hole tapping.

The High Speed Steel (HSS) construction gives good wear-resistance.

This left hand thread tap for the cross slide on the mini lathe.