- 800-435-2948
- 800-435-2948
When standard, off-the-shelf threading tools fall short, Regal Cutting Tools provides exact solutions. Whether you are dealing with rigid machine restrictions, proprietary thread profiles, or high-volume production setups, we define and manufacture every dimension of a special tap to ensure optimal performance before placing your order.
Best for: Customers who require highly specific, custom taps manufactured precisely to spec from a technical print, CAD file, or drawing.
Standard Lead Time: Ships in 10 working days.
Standard holding mechanisms sometimes require special shank dimensions, and complex machined parts often necessitate unique thread lengths, reach, or clearances. To ensure strict conformance to your specifications and optimize your production flow, we offer a streamlined custom tooling service:
Provide us with your part print, tool drawing, cutting dimensions, and required tolerances.
Our tooling engineers evaluate your application to suggest the best substrate, geometry, and coating.
We manufacture the best proven tap for your specific application, guaranteed to meet your exact blueprint specifications.
Custom blueprint taps are engineered to solve specific manufacturing challenges, including:
Clearance Issues: Machining threads in deep cavities or past interfering part features.
Specialized Tool Holders: Adapting to legacy equipment or highly specific automated CNC holding mechanisms.
Exotic Materials: Optimizing cutting geometries and coatings for difficult-to-machine aerospace alloys, hardened steels, or medical-grade titanium.
Consolidated Operations: Creating step-taps or combination tools that drill and tap, or tap and chamfer, in a single pass to reduce cycle times.
Special Pitch Diameter limits: Examples are parts that require plating after tapping.
We have the manufacturing capabilities to produce custom blueprint taps across a wide variety of technical specifications to suit your unique machining environment.
A blueprint special tap is a custom-manufactured threading tool built specifically from a customer-provided technical drawing (blueprint). Every dimension—from the shank diameter and thread length to the specific cutting geometry—is tailored to a unique manufacturing application rather than following standard industry dimensions.
Our standard turnaround time for blueprint special taps is 10 working days. If you have an emergency machine-down situation, please contact our sales team to discuss expedited manufacturing options.
We can quote directly from standard PDF part prints, detailed tool drawings, or most standard CAD file formats.
Yes. If you have an existing custom tap that works well but lack the original drawing, you can send us the physical tool. Our engineering team can analyze its geometry and dimensions to create a manufacturing blueprint.
Yes. With your upper and lower gage limits, we can recommend the right size pitch diameter (H limit for imperial, D limit for metric) for you.
When you submit your blueprint, we highly encourage you to include details about the material you are tapping (e.g., 304 Stainless, Cast Iron, Inconel). Our engineers will review the print and recommend the ideal substrate, flute geometry, and coating to ensure maximum tool life and thread quality.