Drill Size Chart for Number and Letter Gauges

Gauge inch mm Gauge inch mm Gauge inch mm

104 0.0031 0.079 52 0.0635 1.613 A 0.234 5.944
103 0.0035 0.089 51 0.067 1.702 B 0.238 6.045
102 0.0039 0.099 50 0.07 1.778 C 0.242 6.147
101 0.0043 0.109 49 0.073 1.854 D 0.246 6.248
100 0.0047 0.119 48 0.076 1.93 E 0.25 6.35
99 0.0051 0.13 47 0.0785 1.994 F 0.257 6.528
98 0.0055 0.14 46 0.081 2.057 G 0.261 6.629
97 0.0059 0.15 45 0.082 2.083 H 0.266 6.756
96 0.0063 0.16 44 0.086 2.184 I 0.272 6.909
95 0.0067 0.17 43 0.089 2.261 J 0.277 7.036
94 0.0071 0.18 42 0.0935 2.375 K 0.281 7.137
93 0.0075 0.191 41 0.096 2.438 L 0.29 7.366
92 0.0079 0.201 40 0.098 2.489 M 0.295 7.493
91 0.0083 0.211 39 0.0995 2.527 N 0.302 7.671
90 0.0087 0.221 38 0.1015 2.578 O 0.316 8.026
89 0.0091 0.231 37 0.104 2.642 P 0.323 8.204
88 0.0095 0.241 36 0.1065 2.705 Q 0.332 8.433
87 0.01 0.254 35 0.11 2.794 R 0.339 8.611
86 0.0105 0.267 34 0.111 2.819 S 0.348 8.839
85 0.011 0.279 33 0.113 2.87 T 0.358 9.093
84 0.0115 0.292 32 0.116 2.946 U 0.368 9.347
83 0.012 0.305 31 0.12 3.048 V 0.377 9.576
82 0.0125 0.318 30 0.1285 3.264 W 0.386 9.804
81 0.013 0.33 29 0.136 3.454 X 0.397 10.08
80 0.0135 0.343 28 0.1405 3.569 Y 0.404 10.26
79 0.0145 0.368 27 0.144 3.658 Z 0.413 10.49
78 0.016 0.406 26 0.147 3.734 R 0.339 8.611
77 0.018 0.457 25 0.1495 3.797 S 0.348 8.839
76 0.02 0.508 24 0.152 3.861 T 0.358 9.093
75 0.021 0.533 23 0.154 3.912 U 0.368 9.347
74 0.0225 0.572 22 0.157 3.988 V 0.377 9.576
73 0.024 0.61 21 0.159 4.039
72 0.025 0.635 20 0.161 4.089
71 0.026 0.66 19 0.166 4.216
70 0.028 0.711 18 0.1695 4.305
69 0.0292 0.742 17 0.173 4.394
68 0.031 0.787 16 0.177 4.496
67 0.032 0.813 15 0.18 4.572
66 0.033 0.838 14 0.182 4.623
65 0.035 0.889 13 0.185 4.699
64 0.036 0.914 12 0.189 4.801
63 0.037 0.94 11 0.191 4.851
62 0.038 0.965 10 0.1935 4.915
61 0.039 0.991 9 0.196 4.978
60 0.04 1.016 8 0.199 5.055
59 0.041 1.041 7 0.201 5.105
58 0.042 1.067 6 0.204 5.182
57 0.043 1.092 5 0.2055 5.22
56 0.0465 1.181 4 0.209 5.309
55 0.052 1.321 3 0.213 5.41
54 0.055 1.397 2 0.221 5.613
53 0.0595 1.511 1 0.228 5.791

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Fractional-inch Drill Sizes
Fractional drill bits are defined by the ANSI B94.11M-1979 standard.

Most commonly used in the US, but can still be found occasionally in the UK, these imperial
measurement drill bits come in 1/64 inch increments. The fractions used are always in their
simplest form, i.e. reduced as far as possible, so 2/64 becomes 1/32 for instance. The drill size chart
below gives fractional sizes and their metric conversions up to 1 inch.

Fraction of Fraction of Fraction of

inch mm inch mm inch mm
an inch an inch an inch
1/64 0.0156 0.3969 23/64 0.3594 9.1281 45/64 0.7031 17.8594
1/32 0.0313 0.7938 3/8 0.3750 9.5250 23/32 0.7188 18.2563
3/64 0.0469 1.1906 25/64 0.3906 9.9219 47/64 0.7344 18.6531
1/16 0.0625 1.5875 13/32 0.4063 10.3188 3/4 0.7500 19.0500
5/64 0.0781 1.9844 27/64 0.4219 10.7156 49/64 0.7656 19.4469
3/32 0.0938 2.3813 7/16 0.4375 11.1125 25/32 0.7813 19.8438
7/64 0.1094 2.7781 29/64 0.4531 11.5094 51/64 0.7969 20.2406
1/8 0.1250 3.1750 15/32 0.4688 11.9063 13/16 0.8125 20.6375
9/64 0.1406 3.5719 31/64 0.4844 12.3031 53/64 0.8281 21.0344
5/32 0.1563 3.9688 1/2 0.5000 12.7000 27/32 0.8438 21.4313
11/64 0.1719 4.3656 33/64 0.5156 13.0969 55/64 0.8594 21.8281
3/16 0.1875 4.7625 17/32 0.5313 13.4938 7/8 0.8750 22.2250
13/64 0.2031 5.1594 35/64 0.5469 13.8906 57/64 0.8906 22.6219
7/32 0.2188 5.5563 9/16 0.5625 14.2875 29/32 0.9063 23.0188
15/64 0.2344 5.9531 37/64 0.5781 14.6844 59/64 0.9219 23.4156
1/4 0.2500 6.3500 19/32 0.5938 15.0813 15/16 0.9375 23.8125
17/64 0.2656 6.7469 39/64 0.6094 15.4781 61/64 0.9531 24.2094
9/32 0.2813 7.1438 5/8 0.6250 15.8750 31/32 0.9688 24.6063
19/64 0.2969 7.5406 41/64 0.6406 16.2719 63/64 0.9844 25.0031
5/16 0.3125 7.9375 21/32 0.6563 16.6688 1 1.0000 25.4000
21/64 0.3281 8.3344 43/64 0.6719 17.0656
11/32 0.3438 8.7313 11/16 0.6875 17.4625

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Centre Drill Bit Sizes
These specialist drill bits are used for drilling centreholes at two different angles, 60 degrees and90
degrees. They are commonly used to drill lathe centres and spotting drills, i.e.marking holes to guide
twist drilling. The drill size chart below contains all commonly used centre drill bit sizes.

Size Drill diameter

designation [inches (mm)]
5/0 0.010 in (0.254 mm)
4/0 0.015 in (0.381 mm)
3/0 0.020 in (0.508 mm)
2/0 0.025 in (0.635 mm)
0 1⁄32 in (0.794 mm)
1 3⁄64 in (1.191 mm)
2 5⁄64 in (1.984 mm)
3 7⁄64 in (2.778 mm)
4 1⁄8 in (3.175 mm)
4½ 9⁄64 in (3.572 mm)
5 3⁄16 in (4.763 mm)
6 7⁄32 in (5.556 mm)
7 1⁄4 in (6.350 mm)
8 5⁄16 in (7.938 mm)
Body diameter
Gauge
[inches (mm)]
BS1 1⁄8 in (3.175 mm)
BS2 3⁄16 in (4.763 mm)
BS3 1⁄4 in (6.350 mm)
BS4 5⁄16 in (7.938 mm)
BS5 7⁄16 in (11.113 mm)
BS5A 1⁄2 in (12.700 mm)
BS6 5⁄8 in (15.875 mm)
BS7 3⁄4 in (19.050 mm)

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