5 8 Bolt Drill Bit Size

I am building a pergola with 5 8 lag bolts to support the posts to the beams and i want to make sure that the drill bit i use is not too big.

5 8 bolt drill bit size.

Discussion starter 1 aug 1 2008. Numbered drill bit gauge sizes range in ascending order from 80 smallest to 1 largest. Jump to latest follow 1 13 of 13 posts. In case you need to drill a hole and thread it for a screw or bolt.

Us tap and drill bit size table. Thus drill bit 8 is on the larger side of your standard drill set. Fractional and metric sizes per. Choose a drill bit that corresponds to the necessary pilot hole size for the wall plug you intend to use.

Drill bits also called twist drills are available with straight or tapered shanks though the most common drill bits will have straight shanks. In other words use a 5 0 mm drill bit for a yellow plug a 6 0 mm drill bit for a red plug a 7 0 mm drill bit for a brown plug or a 10 0 mm drill bit for a blue plug. It provides a guide for the consumer to follow that is meant to make the task easier. Tap fractional drill bit number drill bit letter drill bit.

3 8 bolt uses a 9 16 wrench standard sizing there are some oddball heads 1 2 bolt 3 4 wrench. Wrench size does not equal bolt size. There are a variety of standards used to define drill sizes the most common one in the uk is the british standard bs 328 set which includes twist drill bit sizes between 0 2 mm and 25 mm. Print this page.

Sheet metal screw to drill bit size table screw size drill bit size 2 3 32in 4 1 8in 6 5 32in 8 3 16in 10 13 64in 12 1 4in 1 4in 9 32in 5 16in. Here we will give you drill bit 8 in decimal inches drill bit 8 in fractional inches and drill bit 8 in decimal millimeters mm. Usually a hole thru a bracket will be slightly oversize for ease of assmbly. List of drill and tap sizes.

Joined aug 1 2008 8 posts. Not sure what op is asking. Metric drill bit sizes. What size drill bit for a 5 8 bolt.

Some general rules of thumb are to not use a bit exactly the size of the hole when working with wood make it about 1 64 smaller. With most drill bits there are charts that will allow you to more easily match the job with the drill bit size. Metric drill sizes are used primarily in europe and use metric units to measure the drill bit diameter.