fractional-inch drill · nominal diameter

3/16
drill bit size.

A 3/16 bit measures 0.1875 in across (4.762 mm).

The fractional diameter is exact; decimal and metric values are conversions.

Diameter conversion verified
Calibrated relative diameter · 1 in reference

3/16 · fractional

0.1875 in
4.762 mm
Designation3/16fractional
Inch decimal0.1875nominal
Metric conversion4.762millimetres
Where this size sits from 0 to 1 inch
3/16 · 4.762 mm on a zero to 25.4 millimetre scale. Neighbor marks: 4.8 mm, #12.
0 25.4 mm

Measured neighbors

What sits beside 3/16.

“Nearest” means nominal diameter only. It does not make a neighboring size acceptable for a tolerance, tapping, reaming, or fastener application.

Same seriesNEAREST NOMINAL ROWS

This row is at the exposed edge of its series.

Source record

Drill Bit Size Chart.

Fractional sizes are exact rational multiples of one inch.

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