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Fractional Drill Sizes — Decimal Inch and Millimetre Chart

The fractional drill sizes run from 1/64" at 0.0156 in (0.397 mm) to 1" at 1.0000 in (25.400 mm), and 26 of the 64 sizes are the default tap drill for at least one standard thread. Inch fractional drills in 1/64 in steps from 1/64 to 1 in.

Sizes
64
Smallest
1/64"
Largest
1"
Standard
ANSI/ASME B94.11M

Every Fractional Drill Bit Size, in Inches and Millimetres

64 sizes, ordered smallest to largest. Every row links to that drill's own page, with its equivalents in the other three indexes and the threads it taps.

Fractional Drill Sizes — decimal inch and millimetre equivalents
PropertyDiameterProperty
DrillinmmTap drill for
1/64"0.01560.397
1/32"0.03130.794
3/64"0.04691.191#0-80 UNF
1/16"0.06251.587
5/64"0.07811.984
3/32"0.09382.381
7/64"0.10942.778
1/8"0.12503.175
9/64"0.14063.572
5/32"0.15633.969
11/64"0.17194.366
3/16"0.18754.763
13/64"0.20315.159
7/32"0.21885.5561/4"-32 UNEF
15/64"0.23445.953
1/4"0.25006.350
17/64"0.26566.747
9/32"0.28137.1445/16"-32 UNEF
19/64"0.29697.541
5/16"0.31257.9383/8"-16 UNC
21/64"0.32818.334
11/32"0.34388.7313/8"-32 UNEF
23/64"0.35949.128
3/8"0.37509.525
25/64"0.39069.9227/16"-20 UNF
13/32"0.406310.319
27/64"0.421910.7161/2"-13 UNC
7/16"0.437511.113
29/64"0.453111.5091/2"-20 UNF
15/32"0.468811.9061/2"-28 UNEF
31/64"0.484412.3039/16"-12 UNC
1/2"0.500012.700
33/64"0.515613.0979/16"-24 UNEF9/16"-18 UNF
17/32"0.531313.4945/8"-11 UNC
35/64"0.546913.891
9/16"0.562514.287
37/64"0.578114.6845/8"-24 UNEF5/8"-18 UNF
19/32"0.593815.081
39/64"0.609415.478
5/8"0.625015.875
41/64"0.640616.27211/16"-24 UNEF
21/32"0.656316.6693/4"-10 UNC
43/64"0.671917.066
11/16"0.687517.4623/4"-16 UNF
45/64"0.703117.8593/4"-20 UNEF
23/32"0.718818.256
47/64"0.734418.653
3/4"0.750019.050
49/64"0.765619.44713/16"-20 UNEF7/8"-9 UNC
25/32"0.781319.844
51/64"0.796920.241
13/16"0.812520.6377/8"-14 UNF
53/64"0.828121.0347/8"-20 UNEF
27/32"0.843821.431
55/64"0.859421.828
7/8"0.875022.2251"-8 UNC
57/64"0.890622.62215/16"-20 UNEF
29/32"0.906323.019
59/64"0.921923.4161"-12 UNF
15/16"0.937523.813
61/64"0.953124.2091"-20 UNEF
31/32"0.968824.606
63/64"0.984425.0031 1/8"-7 UNC
1"1.000025.4001 1/16"-18 UNEF1 1/8"-18 UNEF1 1/8"-12 UNF+25

Diameters are nominal. The tap-drill column shows the threads whose shop-default tap drill is that size; a drill with no entry there is still a standard size, it is simply not the default drill for any thread in this reference.

Sources and Method for the Fractional Drill Bit Chart

Fractional drill diameterscomputed

Number/letter: bd_warehouse drill_sizes.csv (Apache-2.0) cross-checked against Wikipedia Drill bit sizes (CC BY-SA 4.0). Fractional: computed 1/64 in steps per ANSI B94.11M. Metric: computed BS 328 increment pattern.

Verified against Wikipedia Drill bit sizes (CC BY-SA 4.0); 31/31 checks passed

Computed from the standard's formulas, then checked against published tables.

Assumptions
  • Diameters are nominal. Manufacturing tolerance, wear and run-out all cut oversize.
  • Dataset scope: Number sizes #61-#80 are stored but tagged demandTier 'extended' — query-space-map.md Appendix A found the tail thinning in the 60s. Sizes below #80 and metric sizes above 25.0 mm excluded.
Data last verified
August 1, 2026
How this data is built and checked →

How to Cite This Fractional Drill Bit Chart

Citation

ShopMath. "Fractional Drill Sizes — Decimal Inch and Millimetre Chart." ShopMath, verified August 1, 2026, https://shopmath.org/drills/fractional

BibTeX

@misc{shopmath-drills-fractional,
  title        = {Fractional Drill Sizes — Decimal Inch and Millimetre Chart},
  author       = {{ShopMath}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://shopmath.org/drills/fractional}},
  note         = {Data verified 2026-08-01}
}

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