BenchReference / Drill sizes / 10.1 mm 10.1 mm Drill Decimal inches 0.3976″
Millimeters 10.1 mm
System Metric
Nearest equivalents in other systems System Nearest drill Size Difference Fractional inch 25/64″ 0.3906″ / 9.922 mm −0.178 mm (−0.0070″)
Number (wire gauge) #1 0.2280″ / 5.791 mm −4.309 mm (−0.1696″)
Letter X 0.3970″ / 10.084 mm −0.016 mm (−0.0006″)
−0.808 mm +0.808 mm 10.1 mm 9.9 mm −0.2 mm 10 mm −0.1 mm 10.2 mm +0.1 mm 10.3 mm +0.2 mm 25/64″ −0.178 mm X −0.016 mm ← #1 −4.309 mm tick position = true diameter · metric neighbors above, equivalents below · window ±0.81 mm
Positive difference = cuts a slightly larger hole than 10.1 mm. Sizes
beyond the window are listed with arrows — they are not close substitutes.
Neighboring metric sizes Drill Decimal in mm vs 10.1 mm 9.9 mm 0.3898 9.9 −0.2 mm 10 mm 0.3937 10 −0.1 mm 10.1 mm 0.3976 10.1 — 10.2 mm 0.4016 10.2 +0.1 mm 10.3 mm 0.4055 10.3 +0.2 mm
← 10 mm (smaller) 10.2 mm (larger) →
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Data provenance. ASME B94.11M, Twist Drills (standard drill size series) (ASME). Millimeter and inch values are converted with the exact definition 1 in = 25.4 mm; the canonical dimension for this metric size is 10.1 mm. See all data sources .