Starrett T-Handle Tap Wrench - Ideal for Holding Taps, Drills, Reamers and Small Tools - 1/16-3/16" Capacity Tap Size, 2" Body Length, 1/16-5/32" Square Shank - 93A

Unlike hardware store tap handles, these tap wrenches grip your taps without slipping. Just do yourself a favor and throw out your old ones and get one of these. These are made very well and just work. I started out with buying a 93A. That handle wildly exceeded my expectations. While looking through my tapping supplies I saw I did not have a tap handle in this rage. So I got this 93B. Eventually I'll add a 93C to the collection. These handles are that good.What is nice about the 93 series handles is the dimple in the handle which is inline with the tap axis. This means you can use a spring loaded tap follower to guarantee flawless tapped holes in your work. Once the hole is drilled, leave the workpiece in the vise. Install the tap follower in the chuck. The tap handle (and the tap) will be in perfect alignment. If you drilled the correct size hole for your tap, the threads will come out beautiful. These tap handles are made to last a lifetime. They are exceptionally well made and a work of art in themselves.Once you have one of these handles, do yourself a favor and buy nicer taps. Buy them from (any) machine tool supplier, they are worlds better than 98% of the hardware store items. A fresh quality tap in a Starrett 93B cuts so finely, it almost brings one to tears. Buy good taps, they are only a few dollars more, they last longer, and are truer to size.

Starrett quality is always top notch. Their stuff is all made here in the US by a company that takes pride in producing measuring devices and tools that are of superior quality. They charge for that quality, but with all the junk out there these days, finding high quality tools has become more difficult. I have hurt myself several times in the past with cheap tools that broke and sent me to the hospital. I have had major work undone because measuring devices were not accurate. I own three costly Starrett dial indicators and two magnetic bases. They are absolutely wonderful and dead accurate. I have become a strong fan of this company because of these items, so if I see Starrett as a choice of maker for something I need I now place that item at the top of my list for consideration. I happened to have the money for this, needed it soon, and hey, it is made by Starrett. So I got it. This has been a solid choice. I usually use my smaller tap handle, but recently had work come up where I needed to do some tapping with larger ones with .25" shanks. This one worked very well. It clamped down to the tap tightly and stayed that way. It released the tap with no trouble afterward. The only thing I am not crazy about is that the handle comes off. I can just see myself losing it. My other tap handles have detents in the ends so that you can snap them in place at the very end for more leverage - and you cannot easily remove the handle because of this. The Starrett handle comes off easily and lacks the detent that allows you to use the handle at the very end. Still, it is a very small thing. I have never really needed to use that sort of force to tap anything in the past and probably never will. I just got used to knowing that the handle cannot come off. I will simply have to pay attention when I toss this one back into my tool chest so that the handle does not come off and end up in another drawer. Well made tool. Excellent USA company with people who answer the phone and talk to you if you have issues or questions. I would highly recommend Starrett products to anyone who wants machine shop quality measuring devices - or a really nice tap handle.

Starrett is the best. I prefer these T-handles to any others. Also have other Starrett tools and they are all quality.

The finish was superior and much nicer than the first image shown. I’m sorry some people have gotten a lemon but they can either return it to Amazon or utilize Starrett warranty. Mine however was almost perfect. I gave the threads a quick degrease and another quick brush with a brass brush. A little oil and this thing is silky smooth. It has good heft and the cross rod slides to the center or one side and a friction point holds it without any problem. My jaws align perfectly and I found it easy to tighten enough to hold taps up to 1/2” without issue. When I loosen the jaws they loosen without issue. This thing is such a pleasure to use that I find myself looking for excuses to tap stuff. Love it.

Love the Starrett tools. I have one and purchased two more so I wouldn't have to change out constantly for 0-80, 2-56 and 4-40 taps. Super handy and great quality.

Dad once told me “ You only regret buying an expensive tool once” Starrett tools are very pricey but it is so much more robust and better made than the cheap tap handles. I should have bought this ones 20 years ago instead of the 3 cheap ones I did. Looking forward to it aging in my tool box.

I spent days on a project with the last step being drilling and tapping 4 holes @ 4mm x .7 each. I was using a bargain made in China Irwin 4mm tap from Home Depot when it broke off in the project. This happened while taping with the barely used already broken Irwin tap handle.I know Starret b/c my grandfather was a tool and die maker. My father handed them down to me. They are 80 years old and look and work like the day Starret shipped them out. Needless to say the work of art Starret tap handle worked beautifully.Starrett quality is a GREAT VALUE. As my father always told me "cheap tools are the most expensive tools you can buy". Do yourself a HUGE favor and buy Starret quality made in the USA.P.S. I rounded up all of the remaining Irwin Made in China crap and placed it in the garbage can.