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Drills & Thrills

Torbjörn Idhammar

President & CEO, IDCON Inc. Reliability and Maintenance Consultant

Did you know that there is a simple trick to selecting the correct drill for metric threads?

You simply take the nominal thread diameter and subtract the thread pitch value.

For example to find the correct drill bit for M 10 x 1.5; 10-1.5=8.5 mm

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