The invention discloses a guide pillar type tapping machine head. The guide pillar type tapping machine head comprises a box body, a main shaft, a moving sleeve and a power wheel. The guide pillar type tapping machine head is characterized in that a guide pillar parallel to the main shaft is installed in the box body, and a limiting adjusting nut is installed at the upper end of the guide pillar;a guiding bearing sleeve is arranged on the middle portion of the guide pillar, and the guiding bearing sleeve is connected with the box body; and a vertical lever frame is installed at the lower endof the guide pillar, and the front end of the lever frame is connected with the moving sleeve. The guide pillar type tapping machine head solves the problem that the needs of large equipment cannot bemet due to the fact that stroke control shafts on the left and right sides of a machine head are used as guide for a tapping machine, and is suitable for assembling and using of various tapping machines.