This is the greatest ROT I ever heard, but ... Metric ... 8 x 1.0
is common, Does the 1.0 mean the pitch is 1 mm?
Woody wrote:
>
> The general rule of thumb for tap drill size is "Bolt diameter minus one
> pitch." For example, to figure the drill size for a 3/8-16 tap, you would
> divide one inch by the number of threads, in this case 16.
> This gives a result of .0625 inches. By subtracting this from 3/8 (.375)
> you get .3125 which is equal to 5/16 which is the drill size for 3/8-16.
> This works for all V-type threads, including metrics.
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