BenchReference / Drill sizes / 4.4 mm 4.4 mm Drill Decimal inches 0.1732″
Millimeters 4.4 mm
System Metric
Nearest equivalents in other systems System Nearest drill Size Difference Fractional inch 11/64″ 0.1719″ / 4.366 mm −0.034 mm (−0.0014″)
Number (wire gauge) #17 0.1730″ / 4.394 mm −0.006 mm (−0.0002″)
Letter A 0.2340″ / 5.944 mm +1.544 mm (+0.0608″)
−0.352 mm +0.352 mm 4.4 mm 4.2 mm −0.2 mm 4.3 mm −0.1 mm 4.5 mm +0.1 mm 4.6 mm +0.2 mm 11/64″ −0.034 mm #17 −0.006 mm A +1.544 mm → tick position = true diameter · metric neighbors above, equivalents below · window ±0.35 mm
Positive difference = cuts a slightly larger hole than 4.4 mm. Sizes
beyond the window are listed with arrows — they are not close substitutes.
Neighboring metric sizes Drill Decimal in mm vs 4.4 mm 4.2 mm 0.1654 4.2 −0.2 mm 4.3 mm 0.1693 4.3 −0.1 mm 4.4 mm 0.1732 4.4 — 4.5 mm 0.1772 4.5 +0.1 mm 4.6 mm 0.1811 4.6 +0.2 mm
← 4.3 mm (smaller) 4.5 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 4.4 mm. See all data sources .