BenchReference / Drill sizes / 4.8 mm 4.8 mm Drill Decimal inches 0.1890″
Millimeters 4.8 mm
System Metric
Nearest equivalents in other systems System Nearest drill Size Difference Fractional inch 3/16″ 0.1875″ / 4.762 mm −0.038 mm (−0.0015″)
Number (wire gauge) #12 0.1890″ / 4.801 mm +0.001 mm (+0.0000″)
Letter A 0.2340″ / 5.944 mm +1.144 mm (+0.0450″)
−0.384 mm +0.384 mm 4.8 mm 4.6 mm −0.2 mm 4.7 mm −0.1 mm 4.9 mm +0.1 mm 5 mm +0.2 mm 3/16″ −0.038 mm #12 +0.001 mm A +1.144 mm → tick position = true diameter · metric neighbors above, equivalents below · window ±0.38 mm
Positive difference = cuts a slightly larger hole than 4.8 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 4.8 mm 4.6 mm 0.1811 4.6 −0.2 mm 4.7 mm 0.1850 4.7 −0.1 mm 4.8 mm 0.1890 4.8 — 4.9 mm 0.1929 4.9 +0.1 mm 5 mm 0.1969 5 +0.2 mm
← 4.7 mm (smaller) 4.9 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 4.8 mm. See all data sources .