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TAPPING DRILL SIZES

General information
As a rule of thumb, for Metric threads, the tapping drill can be calculated by subtracting the pitch from the
diameter of the thread. eg for an M5x0.75 thread the tapping drill is 5-0.75mm = 4.25mm.

For Imperial (inch) threads the tapping drill size is calculated in the same way, diameter minus pitch. eg for
3/4.10 UNC pitch = 0.1, diameter = 0.75, tapping drill = 0.65 = 16.5mm.

Metric coarse and fine threads

To calculate tapping drill size for metric threads subtract the pitch from the major diameter, Select the next
larger standard drill size.

THREAD SIZE DRILL (MM) THREAD SIZE DRILL (MM) THREAD SIZE DRILL (MM)

M1x0.25 0.75 M9x0.75 8.3 M18x2 16

M1.2x0.25 0.95 M9x1 8 M18x2.5 15.5

M1.4x0.3 1.1 M9x1.25 7.8 M20x1 19

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M1.6x0.35 1.25 M10x0.5 9.5 M20x1.5 18.5

M1.8x0.35 1.45 M10x0.75 9.3 M20x2 18

M2x0.4 1.6 M10x1 9 M20x2.5 17.5

M2.2x0.45 1.75 M10x1.25 8.8 M22x1 21

M2.5x0.45 2.05 M10x1.5 8.5 M22x1.5 20.5

M2.6x0.45 2.15 M11x1 10 M22x2 20

M3x0.35 2.65 M11x1.25 9.8 M22x2.5 19.5

M3x0.5 2.5 M11x1.5 9.5 M24x1 23

M3.5x0.35 3.15 M12x0.5 11.5 M24x1.5 22.5

M3.5x0.6 2.9 M12x0.75 11.3 M24x2 22

M4x0.5 3.5 M12x1 11 M24x3 21

M4x0.7 3.3 M12x1.25 10.3 M25x1.5 23.5

M4.5x0.5 4 M12x1.5 10.5 M25x2 23

M4.5x0.75 3.75 M12x1.75 10.3 M27x3 24

M5x0.5 4.5 M13x1 12 M30x3.5 26.5

M5x0.75 4.25 M14x1 13 M33x3.5 29.5

M5x0.8 4.2 M14x1.25 12.8 M36x4 32

M6x0.5 5.5 M14x1.5 12.5 M39x4 35

M6x0.75 5.25 M14x2 12 M42x4.5 37.5

M6x1 5 M15x1 14 M45x4.5 40.5

M7x0.5 6.5 M15x1.5 13.5 M48x5 43

M7x0.75 6.25 M16x1 15 M52x5 47

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M7x1 6 M16x1.25 14.8 M56x5.5 50.5

M8x0.5 7.5 M16x1.5 14.5 M60x5.5 54.5

M8x0.75 7.25 M16x2 14 M64x6 58

M8x1 7 M18x1 17 M68x6 62

M8x1.25 6.8 M18x1.5 16.5 M72x6 66

UNC and UNF threads

UNC DRILL (MM) UNF DRILL (MM)

1.64 1.55 0.8 1.25

2.56 1.8 1.72 1.55

3.48 2.1 2.64 1.85

4.4 2.3 3.56 2.1

5.4 2.6 4.48 2.4

6.32 2.8 5.44 2.7

8.32 3.4 6.4 2.9

10.24 3.9 8.36 3.5

12.24 4.5 10.32 4.1

1/4.20 5.1 12.28 4.6

5/16.18 6.6 1/4.28 5.5

3/8.16 8 5/16.24 6.9

7/16.14 9.4 3/8.24 8.5

1/2.13 10.8 7/16.20 9.9

9/16.12 12.2 1/2.20 11.5

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5/8.11 13.6 9/16.18 12.9

3/4.10 16.5 5/8.18 14.5

7/8.9 19.5 3/4.16 17.5

1”8 22.2 7/8.14 20.5

1.1/8.7 25 1”12 23.2

1.1/4.7 28.2 1.1/8.12 26.5

1.3/8.6 30.8 1.1/4.12 29.5

1.1/2.6 34 1.3/8.12 32.8

1.3/4.5 39.5 1.1/2.12 36

2”4.1/2 45.3

BSW and BSF threads

BSW DRILL (MM) BSF DRILL (MM)

1/8.40 2.54 3/16.32 3.97

3/16.24 3.7 1/4.26 5.37

1/4.20 5.08 5/16.22 6.8

5/16.18 6.5 3/8.20 8.3

3/8.16 7.9 7/16.18 9.7

7/16.14 9.3 1/2.16 11.1

1/2.12 10.6 9/16.16 12.7

9/16.12 12.2 5/8.14 14.1

5/8.11 13.6 11/16.14 15.6

3/4.10 16.5 3/4.12 16.9

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13/16.10 18.1 13/16.12 18.5

7/8.9 19.4 7/8.11 19.9

15/16.9 21 1"10 22.9

1”8 22.2 1.1/8.9 25.8

1.1/8.7 24.9 1.1/4.9 28.9

1.1/4.7 28.1 1.3/8.8 31.8

1.3/8.6 30.7 1.1/2.8 34.9

1.1/2.6 33.9 1.5/8.8 38.1

1.5/8.5 36.2 1.3/4.7 40.8

1.3/4.5 39.4 1.7/8.7 44

1.7/8.4.1/2 42 2”7 47.2

2”4.1/2 45.2

BSP and BSPT pipe threads

BSP DRILL (MM) BSPT DRILL (MM)

1/16.28 6.8 1/16.28 6.2

1/8.28 8.8 1/8.28 8.2

1/4.19 11.8 1/4.19 10.9

3/8.19 15.3 3/8.19 14.5

1/2.14 19.1 1/2.14 18

5/8.14 21.1 3/4.14 23

3/4.14 24.6 1”11 29

7/8.14 28.4 1.1/4”11 38

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1”11 30.9 1.1/2”11 44

1.1/8.11 35.6 2”11 55

1.1/4.11 39.6 2.1/2”11 71

1.3/8.11 42 3”11 83

1.1/2.11 45.5

1.3/4.11 51.4

2”11 57.3

2.1/4”11 63.4

2.1/2”11 72.9

2.3/4”11 79.2

3”11 85.6

Tapping drills for fluteless taps

METRIC DRILL (MM) UNC DRILL (MM) UNF DRILL (MM)

1.6x0.35 1.45 1.64 1.67 0.8 1.38

2x0.4 1.8 2.56 1.98 1.72 1.69

2.5x0.45 2.3 3.48 2.27 2.64 2

3x0.5 2.8 4.4 2.56 3.56 2.31

3.5x0.6 3.2 5.4 2.89 4.48 2.6

4x0.7 3.7 6.32 3.14 5.44 2.91

4.5x0.75 4.2 8.32 3.8 6.4 3.22

5x0.8 4.6 10.24 4.34 8.36 3.84

6x1 5.6 12.24 5.01 10.32 4.47

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8x1.25 7.4 1/4.20 5.77 1/4.28 5.94

10x1.5 9.3 5/16.18 7.3 5/16.24 7.5

12x1.75 11.2 3/8.16 8.8 3/8.24 9

14x2 13.1 7/16.14 10.3 7/16.20 10.5

16x2 15.1 1/2.13 11.8 1/2.20 12.1

BA threads
THREAD DRILL (MM)

0 5

1 4.4

2 3.9

3 3.4

4 2.95

5 2.6

6 2.25

7 2

8 1.75

9 1.5

10 1.35

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