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From: frisbie@flying-disk.com (Alan Frisbie)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking
Subject: Re: hole size for metric taps
Date: 5 Apr 96 10:38:23 PST
In article <4k31r5$r19@watnews2.watson.ibm.com>,
rhoover@shimano.watson.ibm.com (Roger Hoover) writes:
> I just bought a few metric hand taps (M4x.7,M5x.8,M6x1.0),
> but they don't say what size drill to use. Anyone have a
> chart that gives these sizes?
Here is my table of British, American, and Metric machine screws and
their tap drills. This has been gleaned from a variety of sources,
none of which are guaranteed to be perfectly accurate. In particular,
there is considerable debate over the "correct" tap drill to use, hence
some alternates are offered. This list is sorted by outside diameter
for convenience in selecting the nearest size in another series.
I would appreciate any corrections, additions, comments, etc.
British American Metric Outside Tap Tap Drill Alternate Alternate
Sizes Sizes Sizes Diameter Drill Diameter Tap Drill Tap Diam.
(inches) (inches) (inches)
======= ======== ======= ======== ===== ======== ========= ==========
16-BA .0311 0.60 mm .0236
15-BA .0354 0.70 mm .0276
14-BA .0394 0.80 mm .0315
13-BA .0472 0.98 mm .0386
12-BA .0512 1.05 mm .0413
0-80 .0600 3/64 .0469
1/16-60 .0625 3/64 .0469
11-BA .0591 1.20 mm .0472
10-BA .0669 #54 .0550
1-64 .0730 #53 .0595
1-72 .0730 #53 .0595
9-BA .0748 #53 .0559
2-56 .0860 #50 .0700
2-64 .0860 #50 .0700
8-BA .0865 1.8 mm .0709 #50 .0700
3/32-48 .0937 #48 .0760
7-BA .0983 #47 .0785
3-48 .0990 #47 .0785
3-56 .0990 #46 .0810 #45 .0820
6-BA .1102 2.3 mm .0905 #43 .0890
4-40 .1120 #43 .0890 #44 .0860
4-48 .1120 #42 .0935 #43 .0890
3.0-0.6 .1181 2.4 mm .0945 3/32 .0938
3.0-0.5 .1181 2.5 mm .0984 #40 .0980
1/8-40 5-40 .1250 #38 .1015
5-44 .1250 #37 .1040
5-BA .1259 #37 .1040
3.5-0.6 .1378 2.9 mm .1142 #33 .1130
6-32 .1380 #36 .1065
6-40 .1380 #33 .1130
4-BA .1417 3.0 mm .1181 #32 .1160
4.0-0.75 .1575 3.2 mm .1260 1/8 .1250
4.0-0.7 .1575 3.3 mm .1299 #30 .1285
3-BA .1614 #29 .1360
8-32 .1640 #29 .1360
8-36 .1640 #29 .1360
2-BA .1850 4.0 mm .1575 #22 .1570
3/16-24 .1875 #27 .1440
3/16-32 .1875 #23 .1540
10-24 .1900 #25 .1495 #26 .1470
10-32 .1900 #21 .1590
5-0.9 .1968 4.1 mm .1614 #20 .1610
5-0.8 .1968 4.2 mm .1654 #19 .1660
1-BA .2086 4.5 mm .1772 #16 .1770
12-24 .2160 #16 .1770
12-28 .2160 #15 .1800 #14 .1820
7/32-24 .2187 #16 .1770
7/32-26 .2187 #15 .1800
7/32-28 .2187 #14 .1820
0-BA .2362 5.1 mm .2008 #7 .2010
6-1.0 .2362 5.0 mm .1968 #9 .1960
1/4-20 .2500 #9 .1960
1/4-20 .2500 #7 .2010
1/4-26 .2500 #4 .2090
1/4-28 .2500 #3 .2130
7-1.0 .2756 6.0 mm .2362 15/64 .2344
5/16-18 .3125 1/4 .2500
5/16-18 .3125 F .2570
5/16-22 .3125 G .2610
5/16-24 .3125 I (i) .2720
5/16-26 .3125 J .2770
8-1.0 .3150 7.0 mm .2756 I (i) .2720
8-1.25 .3150 6.8 mm .2677 H .2660
3/8-16 .3750 5/16 .3125
3/8-16 .3750 5/16 .3125
3/8-20 .3750 P .3230
3/8-24 .3750 Q .3320
3/8-26 .3750 Q .3320
10-1.5 .3937 8.5 mm .3346 Q .3320
10-1.25 .3973 8.8 mm .3465 S .3480
10-1.0 .3973 9.0 mm .3543 S .3480
7/16-14 .4375 23/64 .3594
7/16-14 .4375 U .3680
7/16-18 .4375 3/8 .3750
7/16-20 .4375 25/64 .3906
7/16-26 .4375 Y .4040
12-1.75 .4724 10.3 mm .4055 Y .4040
12-1.5 .4724 10.5 mm .4134 Z .4130
12-1.25 .4724 10.8 mm .4252 27/64 .4219
12-1.0 .4724 11.0 mm .4331 7/16 .4375
1/2-12 .5000 13/32 .4062
1/2-13 .5000 27/64 .4219
1/2-20 .5000 7/16 .4375
1/2-20 .5000 29/64 .4531
1/2-26 .5000 29/64 .4531
14-2.0 .5512 12.0 mm .4724 15/32 .4688
14-1.75 .5512 12.3 mm .4842 31/64 .4844
14-1.5 .5512 12.5 mm .4921 1/2 .5000
14-1.25 .5512 12.8 mm .5039 1/2 .5000
14-1.0 .5512 13.0 mm .5118 33/64 .5156
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