#WIRE GAUGE DRILL BIT SIZE CHART ISO#

(The 85% coarse, 90% fine guideline, within its effective range, matches this in net effect).For metric V threads, major minus pitch yields a good tap drill diameter.The drill sizes that are near this are 15⁄ 64 in (85%), 6.0 mm (85.7%), and 6.1 mm (87.1%) any of these will work well.Example (metric, coarse): For M7.0×1.0 (an intended screw with a diameter of 7.0 mm and a pitch of 1 mm between each thread, which is considered coarse), 7.0 mm × 0.85 = 5.95 mm.Example (inch, fine): For 7⁄ 16-20 (same diameter as the previous example, but this time with 20 threads per inch, which is considered fine), 0.437 in × 0.90 = 0.393 in (i.e., if the threads are to be fine, then a slightly larger diameter drill bit should be used before tapping the hole for the screw).

Therefore, a size 7⁄ 16 screw ( 7⁄ 16 ≈ 0.437) with 14 threads per inch (coarse) needs a tap drill with a diameter of about 0.371 inches.

Example (inch, coarse): For size 7⁄ 16 (this is the diameter of the intended screw in fraction form)-14 (this is the number of threads per inch 14 is considered coarse), 0.437 in × 0.85 = 0.371 in.

Some sizes outside that range have different ratios.īelow, these guidelines are explored with examples.

The 85% and 90% rules works best in the range of 1⁄ 4–1 in (6.4–25.4 mm), the sizes most important on many shop floors.

For both of these rules of thumb (85%/90% and major minus pitch), the tap drill size yielded is not necessarily the only possible one, but it is a good one for general use.Your result will only land near a tap drill size (not directly on one). For example, a screw with a pitch of 1/20 in (20 threads per inch) has a pitch of 0.050 in and a 1⁄ 13 in pitch (13 threads per inch) has a pitch of 0.077 in. The major minus pitch technique also works for inch-based threads, but you must first calculate the pitch by converting the fraction of threads-per-inch (TPI) into a decimal. For metric V threads, the concept of major minus pitch (i.e., the major or widest diameter of the intended screw in millimeters minus the pitch of the threads of that screw in millimeters per thread) yields a good tap drill diameter.A good tap drill is 85% (± 2 pp) of major diameter for coarse threads, and 90% (± 2 pp) of major diameter for fine threads.

#WIRE GAUGE DRILL BIT SIZE CHART ISO#

Regarding the proportion of tap drill to thread major diameter, for standard V threads ( ISO V thread and UTS V thread), there are several rules of thumb with strong predictive power: People frequently use a chart such as this to determine the proper tap drill for a certain thread size or the proper tap for an existing hole. Usually thread depths of 60% to 75% are desired. Many thread sizes have several possible tap drills, because they yield threads of varying thread depth between 50% and 100%. Such an appropriately sized drill is called a tap drill for that size of thread, because it is a correct drill to be followed by the tap. Each standard size of female screw thread has one or several corresponding drill bit sizes that are within the range of appropriate size-slightly larger than the minor diameter of the mating male thread, but smaller than its pitch and major diameters. One of the most common ways to produce such threaded holes is to drill a hole of appropriate size with a drill bit and then tap it with a tap. In manufactured parts, holes with female screw threads are often needed they accept male screws to facilitate the building and fastening of a finished assembly. Below is a comprehensive drill and tap size chart for all drills and taps, imperial and metric, up to 36.5 millimetres (1.44 in) in diameter.

Wire gauge drill bit size chart