Standard Tap Dimensions, Ground Thread

General Dimensions


NOMINAL DIAMETER RANGE - INCHES MACHINE SCREW SIZE NO. NOMINAL FRACTIONAL DIAMETER INCHES NOMINAL METRIC DIAMETER MILLIMETER STYLE* TAP DIMENSIONS - INCHES
OVER TO (INCL.) O/A LENGTH A THD. LGTH. B SQ. LGTH. C SHANK DIA. D E
0.052 0.065 0 1/16 M1.6 1 1 5/8 5/16 3/16 0.141 0.11
0.065 0.078 1   M1.8 1 1 11/16 3/8 3/16 0.141 0.11
0.078 0.091 2   M2, M2.2 1 1 3/4 7/16l 3/16 0.141 0.11
0.091 0.104 3 3/32 M2.5 1 1 13/16 1/2 3/16r 0.141 0.11
0.104 0.117 4     1 1 7/8 11/16 3/16r 0.141 0.11
0.117 0.13 5 1/8 M3, M3.15 1 1 15/16 5/8 3/16r 0.141 0.11
0.13 0.145 6   M3.5 1 2 11/16 3/16r 0.141 0.11
0.145 0.171 8 5/32 M4 1 2 1/8 3/4 1/4 0.168 0.131
0.171 0.197 10 3/16 M4.5, M5 1 2 3/8 7/8 1/4 0.194 0.152
0.197 0.223 12 7/32   1 2 3/8 15/16 11/32 0.22 0.165
0.223 0.26 14 1/4 M6, M6.3 2 2 1/2 1 5/16 0.255 0.191
0.26 0.323   5/16 M7, M8 2 2 23/32 1 1/8 3/8 0.318 0.238
0.323 0.395   3/8 M10 2 2 15/16 1 1/4 7/16 0.381 0.286
0.395 0.448   7/16   3 3 5/32 1 7/16 13/32 0.323 0.242
0.448 0.51   1/2 M12, M12.5 3 3 3/8 1 21/32 7/16 0.367 0.275
0.51 0.573   9/16 M14 3 3 19/32 1 21/32 1/2 0.429 0.322
0.573 0.635   5/8 M16 3 3 13/16 1 13/16 11/16 0.48 0.36
0.635 0.709   11/16 M18 3 4 1/32 1 13/16 5/8 0.542 0.406
0.709 0.76   3/4   3 4 1/4 2 11/16 0.59 0.442
0.76 0.823   13/16 M20 3 4 15/32 2 11/16 0.652 0.489
0.823 0.885   7/8l M22 3 4 11/16 2 7/32 3/4 0.697 0.523
0.885 0.948   15/16 M24 3 4 29/32 2 7/32 3/4 0.76 0.57
0.948 1.01   1 M25 3 5 1/8 2 1/2 13/16 0.8 0.6
1.01 1.073   1 1/16 M27 3 5 1/8 2 1/2 7/8 0.896 0.672
1.073 1.135   1 1/8   3 5 7/16 2 9/16 7/8 0.896 0.672
1.135 1.198   1 3/16 M30 3 5 7/16 2 9/16 1 1.021 0.766
1.198 1.26   1 1/4   3 5 3/4 2 9/16 1 1.021 0.766
1.26 1.323   1 5/16 M33 3 5 3/4 2 9/16 1 1/16 1.108 0.831
1.323 1.385   1 3/8   3 6 1/16 3 1 1/16 1.108 0.831
1.385 1.448   1 7/16 M36 3 6 1/16 3 1 1/8 1.233 0.925
1.448 1.51   1 1/2   3 6 3/8 3 1 1/8 1.233 0.925
1.51 1.635   1 5/8 M39 3 6 11/16 3 3/16 1 1/8 1.305 0.979
1.635 1.76   1 3/4 M42 3 7 3 3/16 1 1/4 1.43 1.072
1.76 1.885   1 7/8   3 7 5/16 3 9/16 1 1/4 1.519 1.139
1.885 2.01   2 M48 3 7 5/8 3 9/16 1 3/8 1.644 1.233
2.01 2.135   2 1/8   3 8 3 9/16 1 3/8 1.769 1.327
2.135 2.26   2 1/4 M56 3 8 1/4 3 9/16 1 7/16 1.894 1.42
2.26 2.385   2 3/8   3 8 1/2 4 1 7/16 2.019 1.514
2.385 2.51   2 1/2   3 8 3/4 4 1 1/2 2.1 1.575
2.51 2.635   2 5/8 M64 3 8 3/4 4 1 1/2 2.225 1.669
2.635 2.76   2 3/4   3 9 1/4 4 1 9/16 2.35 1.762
2.76 2.885   2 7/8 M72 3 9 1/4 4 1 9/16 2.475 1.856
2.885 3.01   3   3 9 3/4 4 9/16 1 5/8 2.543 1.907
3.01 3.135   3 1/8   3 9 3/4 4 9/16 1 5/8 2.668 2.001
3.135 3.26   3 1/4 M80 3 10 4 9/16 1 3/4 2.793 2.095

Styles shown are for Ground Thread Taps.