This charts will help you to decide which
size drill bit to use in your scrolling. There is no one
to one correlation between blade sizes and drill bit sizes
because there is so much variation in the thickness of
blades from one manufacturer to the next. Compare the
thickness of the blade that you want to use with the
diameter of the hole made by each of these drill bits to
determine which would work best in your application.
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|
Drill
Bit Hole Diameters |
| Metric
Size |
|
Fractional
Size |
|
Wire
Size |
|
Letter
Size |
|
.1 mm |
.0039 |
|
1/64 |
.0156 |
|
80 |
.0135 |
|
A |
.2340 |
|
.2 mm |
.0079 |
|
1/32 |
.0312 |
|
79 |
.0145 |
|
B |
.2380 |
|
.3
mm |
.0118 |
|
3/64 |
.0469 |
|
78 |
.0160 |
|
C |
.2420 |
|
.4
mm |
.0157 |
|
1/16 |
.0625 |
|
77 |
.0180 |
|
D |
.2460 |
|
.5
mm |
.0197 |
|
5/64 |
.0781 |
|
76 |
.0200 |
|
E |
.2500 |
|
.6
mm |
.0238 |
|
3/32 |
.0938 |
|
75 |
.0210 |
|
F |
.2570 |
|
.7
mm |
.0276 |
|
7/64 |
.1094 |
|
74 |
.0225 |
|
G |
.2610 |
|
.8
mm |
.0315 |
|
1/8 |
.1250 |
|
73 |
.0240 |
|
H |
.2660 |
|
.9
mm |
.0354 |
|
9/64 |
.1408 |
|
72 |
.0250 |
|
I |
.2720 |
|
1
mm |
.0394 |
|
5/32 |
.1562 |
|
71 |
.0260 |
|
J |
.2770 |
|
2
mm |
.0787 |
|
11/64 |
.1719 |
|
70 |
.0280 |
|
K |
.2810 |
|
3
mm |
.1181 |
|
3/16 |
.1875 |
|
69 |
.0292 |
|
L |
.2900 |
|
4
mm |
.1575 |
|
13/64 |
.2031 |
|
68 |
.0310 |
|
M |
.2950 |
|
5
mm |
.1968 |
|
7/32 |
.2188 |
|
67 |
.0320 |
|
N |
.3020 |
|
6
mm |
.2362 |
|
15/64 |
.2344 |
|
66 |
.0330 |
|
O |
.3180 |
|
7
mm |
.2756 |
|
1/4 |
.2500 |
|
65 |
.0350 |
|
P |
.3230 |
|
8
mm |
.3150 |
|
17/64 |
.2656 |
|
64 |
.0360 |
|
Q |
.3320 |
|
9
mm |
.3543 |
|
9/32 |
.2812 |
|
63 |
.0370 |
|
R |
.3390 |
|
10
mm |
.3937 |
|
19/64 |
.2980 |
|
62 |
.0380 |
|
S |
.3480 |
|
11
mm |
.4331 |
|
5/16 |
.3125 |
|
61 |
.0390 |
|
T |
.3580 |
|
12
mm |
.4724 |
|
21/64 |
.3261 |
|
60 |
.0400 |
|
U |
.3680 |
|
13
mm |
.5118 |
|
11/32 |
.3438 |
|
59 |
.0410 |
|
V |
.3770 |
|
14
mm |
.5512 |
|
23/64 |
.3594 |
|
58 |
.0420 |
|
W |
.3860 |
|
15
mm |
.5906 |
|
3/8 |
.3750 |
|
57 |
.0430 |
|
X |
.3970 |
|
16
mm |
.6299 |
|
25/64 |
.3906 |
|
56 |
.0465 |
|
Y |
.4040 |
|
17
mm |
.6693 |
|
13/32 |
.4062 |
|
55 |
.0520 |
|
Z |
.4130 |
|
18
mm |
.7087 |
|
27/64 |
.4212 |
|
54 |
.0550 |
|
|
|
|
19
mm |
.7480 |
|
7/16 |
.4375 |
|
53 |
.0595 |
|
|
|
|
20
mm |
.7874 |
|
29/64 |
.4531 |
|
52 |
.0635 |
|
|
|
|
21
mm |
.8268 |
|
15/32 |
.4688 |
|
51 |
.0670 |
|
|
|
|
22
mm |
.8661 |
|
31/64 |
.4844 |
|
50 |
.0700 |
|
|
|
|
23
mm |
.9055 |
|
1/2 |
.5000 |
|
49 |
.0730 |
|
|
|
|
24
mm |
.9449 |
|
33/64 |
.5156 |
|
48 |
.0760 |
|
|
|
|
25
mm |
.9843 |
|
17/32 |
.5312 |
|
47 |
.0785 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
35/64 |
.5469 |
|
46 |
.0810 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
9/16 |
.5625 |
|
45 |
.0820 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
37/64 |
.5781 |
|
44 |
.0860 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
19/32 |
.5938 |
|
43 |
.0890 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
39/64 |
.6094 |
|
42 |
.0935 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
5/8 |
.6250 |
|
41 |
.0960 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
41/64 |
.6406 |
|
40 |
.0980 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
21/32 |
.6562 |
|
39 |
.0995 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
43.64 |
.6719 |
|
38 |
.1015 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
11/16 |
.6875 |
|
37 |
.1040 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
45/64 |
.7031 |
|
36 |
.1065 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
23/32 |