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American Standard Screw Gauges

The sizes in the first column that are not followed by an inch mark are American Standard Screw gauges. Shading indicates sizes no longer in use or whose use is discouraged by standards organizations. See this table for diameters of tap drills.

The NS series is a catch-all category for threads which have the American Standard form, but whose pitches are not in the National Coarse or National Fine series.

The tap drill sizes are listed in the order in which the tpi are listed in the previous column.

Gage and
Fractional
 Sizes

Major diam.
(inches)

Clearance
Drill

NC & UNC
tpi

Tap Drill
for UNC

NF & UNF
tpi

Tap Drill
for UNF

NEF

NS

Tap drill
for NS

Nut Size

0000

 

#73

160

1⁄64″

 

 

 

 

 

 

000

 

#63

120

#71

 

 

 

 

 

3⁄32″

00

 

#55

90

#65

 

 

 

 

 

3⁄32″

0

0.060

#52

—

—

80

3⁄64″

 

 

 

5⁄32″

1

0.073

#48

64

#52

72

#53

 

56

#54

5⁄32″

2

0.086

#43

56

#50

64

#50

 

—

—

3⁄16″

3

0.099

#38

48

#47

56

#45

 

—

—

3⁄16″

4

0.112

#33

40

#43

48

#42

 

32,36

45,44

¼″

5

0.125

#30

40

#39

44

#37

 

36

40

¼″

6

0.138

#28

32

#36

40

#33

 

36

34

5⁄16″

7

0.151

 

—

—

—

—

 

30,32,36

31,31,
1⁄8″

5⁄16″

8

0.164

#19

32

#29

36

#29

 

30,
40

30,28

11⁄32″

9

0.177

 

—

—

—

—

 

24,30,32

29,27,
26

11⁄32″

10

0.190

#11

24

#25

32

#21

 

28,30

23,22

3⁄8″

12

0.216

 

24

 

28

 

 

32

13

7⁄16″

14

0.242

D

 

 

 

 

 

20,24

10,7

7⁄16″

¼″

0.250

¼″ or E

20

#7

28

#3

32

24,27,32

4,3,7⁄32″

7⁄16″

16

0.268

 

—

—

—

—

 

18, 20, 22

7⁄32″,2

½″

18

0.294

 

—

—

—

—

 

18, 20

B,D

9⁄16″

5⁄16″

0.3125

O

18

F

24

I

32

20, 27, 32

17⁄64″,
J,
9⁄32

9⁄16″

20

0.320

 

 

 

 

 

 

16, 18, 20

G,17⁄64″,I

5⁄8″

22

0.346

 

 

 

 

 

 

16, 18

9⁄32″,L

5⁄8″

24

0.372

 

 

 

 

 

 

16, 18

5⁄16″,O

5⁄8″

3⁄8″

0.375

V

16

5⁄16″

24

Q

32

20, 27

 

5⁄8″

26

0.398

Y

 

 

 

 

 

14, 16

21⁄64″,R

11⁄16″

28

0.424

7⁄16″

 

 

 

 

 

14, 16

T,23⁄64″

11⁄16″

7⁄16″

0.4375

7⁄16″

14

U

20

25⁄64″

28

24, 27

 

 

30

0.450

29⁄64″

 

 

 

 

 

14, 16

V,25⁄64″

7⁄8″

½″

0.5000 

½″

13 (see note 1)

27⁄64″

20

29⁄64″

28

12, 24, 27

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

¾″

9⁄16″

0.5625

9⁄16″

12

31⁄64″

18

33⁄64″

24

27

 

 

5⁄8″

0.6250

5⁄8″

11

17⁄32″

18

37⁄64″

24

12,
27

 

 

11⁄16″

 0.68753

11⁄16

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

¾″

0.7500

 

10

21⁄32″

16

 

20

12,
27

 

11⁄8″

7⁄8″

0.8750

 

9

49⁄64″

14

 

20

12,
18,
27

 

15⁄16″

1″

1.0000

 

8

7⁄8″

14

 

20

12,
27

 

1½″

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