Letter g drill bit size. These specialist drill bits are used for drilling centre holes at two different angles 60 degrees and 90 degrees. Centre drill bit sizes these specialist drill bits are used for drilling centreholes at two different angles 60 degrees and90 degrees. Drill bits not only come in fractional number sizes they also come in letter sizes. In practice you will seldom see number sizes past 80.
Letter size drills diameter in inches. A 14 inch drill bit is 250 thousandths of an. They are commonly used to drill lathe centres and spotting drills iemarking holes to guide twist drilling. They are commonly used to drill lathe centres and spotting drills iemarking holes to guide twist drilling.
Fract size size. Constructed of m 2 high speed steel for the best combination of strength heat resistance and wear resistance. Standard 118 degree point for use in wood metal and plastic. General purpose high speed steel letter size straight shank jobber length drill bits features.
Fractional and metric sizes per. Drill bits also called twist drills are available with straight or tapered shanks though the most common drill bits will have straight shanks. The asme b9411m twist drill standard establishes number drill bit sizes from size 1 to 97. The f size drill bit is 257 thousandths of an inch in diameter.
The drill size chart below contains all commonly used centre drill bit sizes. A good drill size chart can also be used as a handy decimal equivalence chart as well as to convert decimal sizes to metric. Number drill bit gauge sizes range from size 80 the smallest to size 1 the largest followed by letter gauge size a the smallest to size z the largest. Cleveland 2120 style high speed steel short length drill bit uncoated bright round shank 118 degree point letter size g pack of 10 misc.
Although the asme b9411m twist drill standard for example lists sizes as small as size 97 sizes smaller than 80 are rarely encountered in practice.