IDEAL Industries 35-922 6-in-1 Twist-a-Nut™ Tapping Tool

Six machine-screw sizes across a reversible tap: 6-32, 8-32 and 10-32 on one end, and 10-24, 12-24 and 1/4-20 on the other. Those are the sizes you hit on boxes, mounting brackets, and device plates, so one tool covers most box-ear and fixture-mounting threads on a job.

Both. The 35-922 forms new threads in unthreaded holes, re-forms threads that have been burred or crossed, and clears obstructions like paint, drywall mud, or concrete out of an existing hole. That is the usual reason an electrician carries it: a painted-over box ear that won't take a 6-32 screw gets chased clean instead of replaced.

Yes. The 35-922 handle is interchangeable with the IDEAL 7-in-1 Screwdriver #35-908 and the Conduit Deburrer #35-083, so if you already own either of those you can swap the tap head onto the handle you carry and keep one grip in the pouch.

For field work on device boxes and fixture mounts, the 35-922 is the faster call: it's a hand-driven reversible high-carbon tap with the six common sizes marked right on it, no tap handle, no chuck, no loose taps to lose. A conventional tap and drill set is the better tool when you need sizes outside 6-32 through 1/4-20, or when you're cutting threads in thick stock where you need controlled depth and cutting fluid.

Yes, and they're deliberately split to opposite ends of the 35-922 so you don't mix them up. 10-32 sits with 6-32 and 8-32 on one tapping side; 10-24 sits with 12-24 and 1/4-20 on the other. Same nominal diameter, different pitch, and each end is marked, so you flip the tap rather than guess.

The 6-in-1 Twist-a-Nut tapping tool from IDEAL Industries is ordered as part number 35-922. There's a single configuration, so there's no finish, size, or hand to specify.