BenchReference / Drill sizes / 3.2 mm 3.2 mm Drill Decimal inches 0.1260″
Millimeters 3.2 mm
System Metric
Nearest equivalents in other systems System Nearest drill Size Difference Fractional inch 1/8″ 0.1250″ / 3.175 mm −0.025 mm (−0.0010″)
Number (wire gauge) #30 0.1285″ / 3.264 mm +0.064 mm (+0.0025″)
Letter A 0.2340″ / 5.944 mm +2.744 mm (+0.1080″)
−0.256 mm +0.256 mm 3.2 mm 3 mm −0.2 mm 3.1 mm −0.1 mm 3.3 mm +0.1 mm 3.4 mm +0.2 mm 1/8″ −0.025 mm #30 +0.064 mm A +2.744 mm → tick position = true diameter · metric neighbors above, equivalents below · window ±0.26 mm
Positive difference = cuts a slightly larger hole than 3.2 mm. Sizes
beyond the window are listed with arrows — they are not close substitutes.
Clearance drill for Neighboring metric sizes Drill Decimal in mm vs 3.2 mm 3 mm 0.1181 3 −0.2 mm 3.1 mm 0.1220 3.1 −0.1 mm 3.2 mm 0.1260 3.2 — 3.3 mm 0.1299 3.3 +0.1 mm 3.4 mm 0.1339 3.4 +0.2 mm
← 3.1 mm (smaller) 3.3 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 3.2 mm. See all data sources .