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Machine Screw Diameters

By H. J. Coventry

The Miniature Locomotive, July-August 1954

Machine screws are numbered as distinct from Cap Screws, Bolts, etc, and range usually from #0 to #12. A convenient method of finding the exact diameter if a table is not handy is as follows:

Multiply the number of 13 and add sixty thousandths. The answer will be thousandths.

Examples:

• #0 -- 0 multiplied by 13 equals 0, plus 0.060 equals 0.060
• #3 -- 3 multiplied by 13 equals 39, plus 0.060 equals 0.099
• #5 -- 5 multiplied by 13 equals 65, plus 0.060 equals 0.125
• #10 -- 10 multiplied by 13 equals 0.130, plus 0.060 equals 0.190