What is the correct Drill size for 3/8" NPT tap?
 

What is the correct Drill size for 3/8" NPT tap?

Started by ChuckMC8, May 04, 2006, 03:06:22 AM

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ChuckMC8

 Does anyone have a chart that tells which drill bit size to use before a 3/8" NPT tap? It usually sez on the tap,but thisone doesnt have it inscribed.Thanks, Chuck L.
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Ednj

To answer your question 3/8 – 18 npt = 19/32
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Here's some info.
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NPT National Pipe Thread
Tap size. Threads per inch. Drill size.
1/8              27                          11/32
¼                18                            7/16
3/8              18                            19/32
½                14                             23/32
¾                14                             15/16
1                  11-1/2                      1-5/32
1-1/4           11-1/2                       1-1/2
1-1/2            11-1/2                      1-23/32
2                   11-1/2                      2-3/16
2-1/2              8                             5-5/8

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Far better is it to dare mighty things,to win glorious triumphs,even though they may be checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much,because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.  Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)