$71 $200
Sears has the 75-Piece Craftsman 52377 Combination Tap & Die Set for $71 with free shipping. Includes SAE and metric pieces. Has good user reviews.
$71 retail: $200
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suednim
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Posted 07/24/2016 at 11:51 AM PT
Posted 07/24/2016 at 11:51 AM PT
Carbon Steel - worthless except for non-ferrous metal.
dave_c
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Posted 07/24/2016 at 12:08 PM PT
Posted 07/24/2016 at 12:08 PM PT
^ It's what you'd expect closer to $100 than $400.

Paying more you might get HSS, but alone (ignoring metal purity and hardening) that isn't necessarily going to make a difference for hand use where it just won't get very hot.

Just don't go too cheap and get one of the $16 HF sets unless you want to be extracting a lot of broken taps out of holes. The next step up in quality above the CM would be something like this Irwin set at $176, and note that it too is just carbon steel:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000EI9AW

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75-Piece Craftsman Combination Tap & Die Set at Sears

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