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General Drill Bit Information

Tap Drill Sizes for Cutting Taps
See pages 2492-2494 for drill bit sizes for thread-forming and pipe taps. For tap sizes not shown use the following formula: Tap
Major Dia. minus One Pitch Length=Tap Drill Size. For example for 38-16 Thread: 0.3750.0625=0.3125. Tap drill size 0.3125=516,
the closest drill size.
Probable Probable Probable Probable Probable
Tap Drill % of Tap Drill % of Tap Drill % of Tap Drill % of Tap Drill % of
Size Size Thread Size Size Thread Size Size Thread Size Size Thread Size Size Thread
For Machine Screw and Fractional Threads
0-80 .......... 56 .............. 74% 4-48 ........ 2.35 mm 72% 10-32 ........ 532............ 75% -24 ..... I ................. 67%
5 16 -18 ..... 916 ......... 80%
58

0-80 .......... 364............ 71%
1 64 ............ 1.45 mm .. 71%
1 64 ............ 53 .............. 59%
4-48 ........ 42 .............. 61%
5-40 ........ 40 .............. 76%
5-40 ........ 39 .............. 71%
10-32 ........ 21 .............. 68%
12-24 ........ 1164 .......... 75%
12-24 ........ 17 .............. 73%
-16 ....... 516............ 72%
38
3 8-16 ....... O ............... 68%
3 8-24 ....... 21 64 .......... 79%
-10 ..... 2132 ........ 68%
34
3 4-16 ..... 11 16 ........ 71%
7 8-9 ....... 49 64 ........ 72%

1-72 .......... 53 .............. 67% 5-44 ........ 38 .............. 72% 12-28 ........ 16 .............. 77% 3 8-24 ....... 8.4 mm ..... 74% 7 8-14 ..... 51 64 ........ 79%

1-72 .......... 116............ 50%
2-56 .......... 51 .............. 74%
2-56 .......... 50 .............. 62%
2-64 .......... 50 .............. 70%
2-64 .......... 1.8 mm..... 66%
3-48 .......... 564............ 70%
3-56 .......... 46 .............. 69%
3-56 .......... 45 .............. 65%
4-40 .......... 44 .............. 74%
4-40 .......... 43 .............. 65%
5-44 ........ 37 .............. 63%
6-32 ........ 36 .............. 72%
6-32 ........ 35 .............. 63%
6-40 ........ 34 .............. 75%
6-40 ........ 33 .............. 69%
8-32 ........ 29 .............. 62%
8-36 ........ 29 .............. 70%
8-36 ........ 3.5 mm .. 65%
10-24 ........ 26 .............. 74%
10-24 ........ 25 .............. 69%
12-28 ........ 15 .............. 70%
12-28 ........ 14 .............. 66%
1 4-20 ....... 9 .............. 77%
1 4-20 ....... 8 .............. 73%
1 4-20 ....... 7 .............. 70%
1 4-20 ....... 13 64 .......... 66% 1 2-13 ....... 27 64 .......... 73%
1 4-28 ....... 3 .............. 72%
5 16-18 ..... F ................ 72%
5 16-18 ..... G ............... 66%
5 16-24 ..... H ................ 78%
3 8-24 ....... Q ............... 71%
7 16-14 ..... 23 64 .......... 79%
7 16-14 ..... U ................ 70%
7 16-20 ..... W ............... 72%
7 16-20 ..... 25 64 .......... 65%
118-7 ....... 6364 ........ 72%
1 2-20 ....... 29 64 .......... 65%
9 16-12 ..... 31 64 .......... 68%
9 16-18 ..... 1 2 ............. 80%
5 8-11 ....... 17 32 .......... 75%
1-8 ........... 78 ........... 73%
1-8 ........... 5764 ........ 64%
1-12 ......... 5964 ........ 67%
1-14 ......... 5964 ........ 78%
1-14 ......... 1516 ........ 61%
118-7 ....... 1 ............... 64%
118-12 ..... 1132 ......... 80%
118-12 ..... 1364 ......... 66%

For Metric Threads

1.6 0.35 1.25 mm .. 69%
1.8 0.35 1.45 mm .. 69%
2 0.40 ..... 116............ 72%
2 0.40 ..... 1.6 mm..... 69%
2.2 0.45 1.75 mm .. 70%
2.5 0.45 2.05 mm .. 69%
2.5 0.45 46 .............. 67%
3 0.50 ..... 40 .............. 70%
3 0.50 ..... 2.5 mm..... 68%
3.5 0.60 33 .............. 72%
3.5 0.60 2.9 mm..... 68%
3.5 0.60 32 .............. 63%
4 0.70 ..... 30 .............. 73%
4 0.70 ..... 3.3 mm..... 69%
4 0.75 ..... 3.3 mm .. 72%
4.5 0.75 3.75 mm 74%
4.5 0.75 26 mm ...... 70%
5 0.50 15 mm ...... 66%
5 0.80 ..... 4.2 mm .. 69%
6 0.50 ..... 732............ 69%
6 0.75 ..... 5.3 mm .. 72%
6 1.00 ..... 10 .............. 76%
6 1.00 ..... 5 mm ...... 70%
6.3 1.00 5.4 mm .. 70%
7 1.00 ..... A ................ 74%
7 1.00 ..... 6 mm ...... 70%
7 1.00 ..... B ................ 66%
8 0.50 ..... 1964 .......... 72%
8 0.75 .. 7.3 mm .. 72%
8 1.00 .. 7.1 mm .. 70%
8 1.25 .. 6.7 mm .. 74%
8 1.25 .. 6.8 mm .. 68%
9 1.00 .. 8.1 mm .. 70%
9 1.25 .. 7.9 mm .. 68%
10 1.00 .. T ................ 70%
10 1.25 .. S ................ 72%
10 1.50 .. Q ............... 75%
10 1.50 .. 8.5 mm .. 71%
11 1.00 .. X ................ 71%
11 1.50 .. 9.6 mm .. 72%
12 1.00 .. 716............ 69%
12 1.25 .. 11 mm ...... 62%
12 1.50 .. 2764 .......... 66%
12 1.75 .. 10.2 mm .. 75%
12 1.75 .. 1332 .......... 69%
14 1.00 .. 3364 .......... 70%
14 1.25 .. 13 mm 62%
14 1.50 .. 12 ............. 67%
14 2.00 .. 32 .......... 76%
15
14 2.00 .. 12 mm ...... 76%
16 1.00 .. 1932 .......... 71%
16 1.50 .. 3764 .......... 68%
16 2.00 .. 3564 .......... 76%
16 2.00 .. 14 mm ...... 72%
18 1.50 .. 2132 .......... 69%
18 2.50 .. 58 ............. 66%
20 1.00 .. 34 ........... 74%
20 1.50 .. 4764 ........ 70%
20 2.50 .. 17.5 mm .. 73%
22 1.50 .. 1316 ........ 71%
22 2.50 .. 2532 ........ 67%
24 1.50 .. 5764 ........ 72%
24 2.00 .. 78 ........... 69%
24 3.00 .. 21 mm ...... 73%
26 1.50 .. 3132 ........ 72%
27 1.50 .. 1 ............... 75%
27 2.00 .. 1 ............... 62%
27 3.00 .. 6164 ........ 72%
30 1.50 .. 118 ........... 74%

Drill Size Decimal Equivalents

Drill Dec. Drill Dec. Drill Dec. Drill Dec. Drill Dec. Drill Dec. Drill Dec. Drill Dec.
Size Equiv. Size Equiv. Size Equiv. Size Equiv. Size Equiv. Size Equiv. Size Equiv. Size Equiv.
Fractional Drill Sizes
1 64 ........ 0.0156 9 64 ........ 0.1406 17 64 ...... 0.2656
25 64 ...... 0.3906
33 64 ...... 0.5156
41 64 ...... 0.6406
49 64 ...... 0.7656 57 64 .... 0.8906
1 32 ........ 0.0312 5 32 ........ 0.1562 9 32 ........ 0.2812
13 32 ...... 0.4062
17 32 ...... 0.5312
21 32 ...... 0.6562
25 32 ...... 0.7812 29 32 .... 0.9062
3 64 ........ 0.0469 11 64 ...... 0.1719 19 64 ...... 0.2969 27 64 ...... 0.4219 35 64 ...... 0.5469 43 64 ...... 0.6719 51 64 ...... 0.7969 59 64 .... 0.9219
1 16 ........ 0.0625 3 16 ........ 0.1875 5 16 ........ 0.3125 7 16 ........ 0.4375 9 16 ........ 0.5625 11 16 ...... 0.6875 13 16 ...... 0.8125 15 16 .... 0.9375

5 64 ........ 0.0781 13 64 ...... 0.2031 21 64 ...... 0.3281 29 64 ...... 0.4531 37 64 ...... 0.5781 45 64 ...... 0.7031 53 64 ...... 0.8281 61 64 .... 0.9531
3 32 ........ 0.0938 7 32 ........ 0.2188 11 32 ...... 0.3438 15 32 ...... 0.4688 19 32 ...... 0.5938 23 32 ...... 0.7188 27 32 ...... 0.8438 31 32 .... 0.9688
7 64 ........ 0.1094 15 64 ...... 0.2344 23 64 ...... 0.3594 31 64 ...... 0.4844 39 64 ...... 0.6094 47 64 ...... 0.7344 55 64 ...... 0.8594 63 64 .... 0.9844
1 8 ......... 0.1250 1 4 ......... 0.2500 3 8 ......... 0.3750 1 2 ......... 0.5000 5 8 ......... 0.6250 3 4 ......... 0.7500 7 8 ......... 0.8750 1 ........... 1.0000
Letter Drill Sizes
A ............ 0.2340 E ............ 0.2500 I ............. 0.2720 L ............ 0.2900 O ........... 0.3160 R ............ 0.3390 U............ 0.3680 X ............ 0.3970
B ............ 0.2380 F ............ 0.2570 J ............ 0.2770 M ........... 0.2950 P ............ 0.3230 S ............ 0.3480 V ............ 0.3770 Y ............ 0.4040
C............ 0.2420 G ........... 0.2610 K ............ 0.2810 N............ 0.3020 Q ........... 0.3320 T ............ 0.3580 W ........... 0.3860 Z ............ 0.4130
D ............ 0.2460 H............ 0.2660
Wire Gauge Drill Sizes
1 .......... 0.2280 11 .......... 0.1910 21 .......... 0.1590 31 .......... 0.1200 41 .......... 0.0960 51 .......... 0.0670 61 .......... 0.0390 71 .......... 0.0260
2 .......... 0.2210 12 .......... 0.1890 22 .......... 0.1570 32 .......... 0.1160 42 .......... 0.0935 52 .......... 0.0635 62 .......... 0.0380 72 .......... 0.0250
3 .......... 0.2130 13 .......... 0.1850 23 .......... 0.1540 33 .......... 0.1130 43 .......... 0.0890 53 ........ 0.0595 63 .......... 0.0370 73 .......... 0.0240
4 .......... 0.2090 14 .......... 0.1820 24 .......... 0.1520 34 .......... 0.1110 44 .......... 0.0860 54 .......... 0.0550 64 .......... 0.0360 74 .......... 0.0225
5 .......... 0.2055 15 .......... 0.1800 25 .......... 0.1495 35 .......... 0.1100 45 .......... 0.0820 55 .......... 0.0520 65 .......... 0.0350 75 .......... 0.0210
6 .......... 0.2040 16 .......... 0.1770 26 .......... 0.1470 36 .......... 0.1065 46 .......... 0.0810 56 .......... 0.0465 66 .......... 0.0330 76 .......... 0.0200
7 .......... 0.2010 17 .......... 0.1730 27 .......... 0.1440 37 .......... 0.1040 47 .......... 0.0785 57 .......... 0.0430 67 .......... 0.0320 77 .......... 0.0180
8 .......... 0.1990 18 .......... 0.1695 28 .......... 0.1405 38 .......... 0.1015 48 .......... 0.0760 58 .......... 0.0420 68 .......... 0.0310 78 .......... 0.0160
9 .......... 0.1960 19 .......... 0.1660 29 .......... 0.1360 39 .......... 0.0995 49 .......... 0.0730 59 .......... 0.0410 69 .......... 0.0292 79 .......... 0.0145
10 .......... 0.1935 20 .......... 0.1610 30 .......... 0.1285 40 .......... 0.0980 50 ........ 0.0700 60 .......... 0.0400 70 .......... 0.0280 80 .......... 0.0135
Metric Drill SizesSizes are given in millimeters.
1.00 ...... 0.0394 1.90 ...... 0.0748 3.00 ...... 0.1181 4.70 ...... 0.1850 6.40 ...... 0.2520 8.10 ...... 0.3189 9.80 .... 0.3858 15.00 .... 0.5906
1.05 ...... 0.0413 1.95 ...... 0.0768 3.10 ...... 0.1220 4.80 ...... 0.1890 6.50 ...... 0.2559 8.20 ...... 0.3228 9.90 .... 0.3898 15.50 .... 0.6102
1.10 ...... 0.0433 2.00 ...... 0.0787 3.20 ...... 0.1260 4.90 ...... 0.1929 6.60 ...... 0.2598 8.30 ...... 0.3268 10.00 .... 0.3937 16.00 .... 0.6299
1.15 ...... 0.0453 2.05 ...... 0.0807 3.30 ...... 0.1299 5.00 ...... 0.1968 6.70 ...... 0.2638 8.40 ...... 0.3307 10.20 .... 0.4016 16.50 .... 0.6496
1.20 ...... 0.0472 2.10 ...... 0.0827 3.40 ...... 0.1339 5.10 ...... 0.2008 6.80 ...... 0.2677 8.50 ...... 0.3346 10.50 .... 0.4134 17.00 .... 0.6693
1.25 ...... 0.0492 2.15 ...... 0.0846 3.50 ...... 0.1378 5.20 ...... 0.2047 6.90 ...... 0.2717 8.60 ...... 0.3386 10.80 .... 0.4252 17.50 .... 0.6890
1.30 ...... 0.0512 2.20 ...... 0.0866 3.60 ...... 0.1417 5.30 ...... 0.2087 7.00 ...... 0.2756 8.70 ...... 0.3425 11.00 .... 0.4331 18.00 .... 0.7087
1.35 ...... 0.0531 2.25 ...... 0.0886 3.70 ...... 0.1457 5.40 ...... 0.2126 7.10 ...... 0.2795 8.80 ...... 0.3465 11.20 .... 0.4409 19.00 .... 0.7480
1.40 ...... 0.0551 2.30 ...... 0.0906 3.80 ...... 0.1496 5.50 ...... 0.2165 7.20 ...... 0.2835 8.90 ...... 0.3504 11.50 .... 0.4528 20.00 .... 0.7874
1.45 ...... 0.0571 2.35 ...... 0.0925 3.90 ...... 0.1535 5.60 ...... 0.2205 7.30 ...... 0.2874 9.00 ...... 0.3543 11.80 .... 0.4646 21.00 .... 0.8268
1.50 ...... 0.0591 2.40 ...... 0.0945 4.00 ...... 0.1575 5.70 ...... 0.2244 7.40 ...... 0.2913 9.10 ...... 0.3583 12.00 .... 0.4724 22.00 .... 0.8661
1.55 ...... 0.0610 2.45 ...... 0.0965 4.10 ...... 0.1614 5.80 ...... 0.2283 7.50 ...... 0.2953 9.20 ...... 0.3622 12.20 .... 0.4803 24.00 .... 0.9449
1.60 ...... 0.0630 2.50 ...... 0.0984 4.20 ...... 0.1654 5.90 ...... 0.2323 7.60 ...... 0.2992 9.30 ...... 0.3661 12.50 .... 0.4921 26.00 .... 1.0236
1.65 ...... 0.0650 2.60 ...... 0.1024 4.30 ...... 0.1693 6.00 ...... 0.2362 7.70 ...... 0.3031 9.40 ...... 0.3701 13.00 .... 0.5118 27.00 .... 1.0630
1.70 ...... 0.0669 2.70 ...... 0.1063 4.40 ...... 0.1732 6.10 ...... 0.2402 7.80 ...... 0.3071 9.50 ...... 0.3740 13.50 .... 0.5315 28.00 .... 1.1024
1.75 ...... 0.0689 2.80 ...... 0.1102 4.50 ...... 0.1772 6.20 ...... 0.2441 7.90 ...... 0.3110 9.60 ...... 0.3780 14.00 .... 0.5512 29.00 .... 1.1417
1.80 ...... 0.0709 2.90 ...... 0.1142 4.60 ...... 0.1811 6.30 ...... 0.2480 8.00 ...... 0.3150 9.70 ...... 0.3819 14.50 .... 0.5709 30.00 .... 1.1811
1.85 ...... 0.0728 31.00 .... 1.2204

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