#36 Drill Bit

Decimal inches 0.1065″

Millimeters 2.705 mm

System Number (wire gauge)

Nearest equivalents in other systems

System	Nearest drill	Size	Difference
Metric	2.7 mm	0.1063″ / 2.7 mm	−0.005 mm (−0.0002″)
Fractional inch	7/64″	0.1094″ / 2.778 mm	+0.073 mm (+0.0029″)
Letter	A	0.2340″ / 5.944 mm	+3.239 mm (+0.1275″)

Positive difference = cuts a slightly larger hole than #36. Sizes beyond the window are listed with arrows — they are not close substitutes.

Tap drill for

Thread	Major diameter	Pitch
#6-32 UNC	0.1380″ / 3.505 mm	32 TPI

The standard chart recommendation (≈75% thread engagement). Application-specific factors — material, hole depth, tap type — can justify a different drill.

Clearance drill for

Thread	Fit
#3-48 UNC	close
#3-56 UNF	close

Neighboring number sizes

Drill	Decimal in	mm	vs #36
#38	0.1015	2.578	−0.127 mm
#37	0.1040	2.642	−0.063 mm
#36	0.1065	2.705	—
#35	0.1100	2.794	+0.089 mm
#34	0.1110	2.819	+0.114 mm

Data provenance. ASME B94.11M, Twist Drills (standard drill size series) (ASME). Machinery’s Handbook — tap drill charts (Industrial Press). Millimeter and inch values are converted with the exact definition 1 in = 25.4 mm; the canonical dimension for this number size is 0.1065″. See all data sources.