Thread Identification and Drill Chart

METRIC
DIAMETER THREAD ISO COARSE OTHER ISO FINE BA
IN SIZE DRILL SIZE FINE DRILL SIZE DIAMETER DRILL
INCHES MM PITCH INCH MM PITCH PITCH INCH MM SIZE INCH MM PITCH MM
.079 M2 .40 2.1 0 0.236 6.0 1 6.2
.087 M2.2 .45 No.42 2.3 2 0.185 4.7 0.8 4.9
.098 M2.5 .45 No.37 2.6 4 0.142 3.6 0.66 3.8
.118 M3 .5 1/8 3.2 6 0.11 2.8 0.53 2.9
.138 M3.5 .6 No.27 3.7 8 0.86 2.2 0.43 2.3
.157 M4 .7 11/64 4.2 10 0.67 1.7 0.35 1.7
.197 M5 .8 3/64 5.2
.236 M6 1 1/4 6.3
.276 M7 1 9/32 7.3
.315 M8 1.25 21/64 8.3 .75 1 21/64 8.3
.354 M9 1.25 9.4 1 9.3
.394 M10 1.5 13/32 10.4 1* 1.25 13/32 10.25
.433 M11 1.5 11.5 1 1.25 11.25
.472 M12 1.75 31/64 12.5 1, 1.25* 1.5 31/64 12.25
.512 M13 1.75 13.5 1.25 1.5 13.25
.551 M14 2 37/64 14.5 1.25* 1.5 9/16 14.25
.630 M16 2 21/32 16.5 1.5 21/32 16.5
.709 M18 2.5 47/64 18.75 1.5* 2 23/32 18.5
.787 M20 2.5 13/16 20.75 1.5 2 3/16 20.5
.866 M22 2.5 22.75 1.5 2 22.5
.945 M24 3 24.75 1.5 2 24.5
* M10 - 1, M12 - 1.25, M14 - 1.25, M18 - 1.5 - popular sparkplug sizes. Above M24 is available on request.

INCH
DIAMETER THREADS PER INCH (TPI) DRILL SIZE
IN THREAD UNC BSW UNF BSF BSP* NPT* UNC/BSW UNF/SAE/BSF BSP/NPT
INCHES MM SIZE (SAE) INCH MM INCH MM INCH MM
.86 2.18 #2 56 40 64 3/32 2.3 No.37 2.3
.99 2.51 #3 48 56 No.36 2.7 2.7
.112 2.84 #4 40 48 No.31 3.0 No.31 3.0
.125 3.17 #5, 1/8 40 40 44 28 27 No.29 3.4 3.3 3/8 9.9
.138 3.50 #6 32 40 No.25 3.7 No.26 3.7
.164 4.16 #8 32 36 11/64 4.4 11/64 4.4
.190 4.82 #10, 3/16 24 32 13/64 5.1 13/64 5.1
.187 4.76 #3/16 24 32 13/64 5.0 13/64 5.0
.216 5.49 #12, 7/32 24 28 15/64 5.6
.250 6.35 1/4 20 20 28 26 19 18 17/64 6.7 17/64 6.6 33/64 13.5
.312 7.93 5/16 18 18 24 22 21/64 8.3 21/64 8.2
.375 9.52 3/8 16 16 24 20 19 18 25/64 9.9 25/64 9.8 21/32 17.0
.437 11.11 7/16 14 14 20 18 29/64 11.5 29/64 11.5
.500 12.70 1/2 13 12 20 16 14 14 17/32 13.0 33/64 13.0 13/16 21.5
.562 14.28 9/16 12 12 18 16 19/32 14.5 37/64 14.5
.625 15.87 5/8 11 11 18 14 21/32 16.5 41/64 16.25
.750 19.05 3/4 10 10 16 12 14 14 25/32 19.75 49/64 19.5 1 1/64 27.0
.875 22.22 7/8 9 6 14 11 29/32 23.0 57/64 22.5
1.00 25.40 1” 8 8 12, 14 10 11 11 1/2 1 1/32 26.0 1 1/64 26.0 1 9/32 33.5
1.125 28.57 1 1/8” 7 7 12 9 11 1 5/32 29.5 1 5/32 29.5
1.25 31.75 1 1/4” 7 7 12 9 11 1 9/32 33.0 1 9/32 32.5
1.375 34.92 1 3/8” 6 6 12 8 11 1 13/32 36.0 1 13/32 36.0
1.50 38.10 1 1/2” 6 6 12 8 11 1 17/32 39.0 1 17/32 39.0
* Nominal diameters for BSP and NPT are not thread diameters but relate to the inside diameter of the pipe.