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Is there a pitch diameter table for UNC, UNF and UNEF threads?

Last updated 10 August 2026

Yes, below, and it is computed rather than transcribed: every UNC, UNF and UNEF size across four classes, from the basic geometry and the ASME B1.1 tolerance formula.

Every other thread table on the internet is a transcription, which means it can be wrong in one row and nobody can tell by looking. This one is derived, the method is published beside it, and rows across fifteen sizes are pinned against printed tables in the engine's own tests. You can check the arithmetic rather than having to trust the typist.

The one thing a derived table has to get right and a transcribed one never has to think about is the length of engagement the tolerance is computed at. It is not the same for every series: the major diameter for coarse and fine, nine pitches for extra fine. Using the wrong one moves both limits by about a ten-thousandth, which no reader would catch and a thread gauge would. Every row here carries the convention it was computed at.

The constant-pitch UN series is not here, and that is the same principle from the other side. No published UN row could be checked, the engagement convention demonstrably varies between series, and a generated table on an assumed one would be wrong in a way nobody could see.

Classes 1A and 1B are not here either. Their tolerance relationship is widely repeated and we could not verify it against a printed table, so they are absent rather than approximated. Major and minor diameter limits are absent for the same reason: a different set of formulas this engine does not carry.

The table

SizeClassBasic PDAllowanceTolerancePD maxPD min
#1-64 UNC2A0.06290.00060.0020.06230.0603
#1-64 UNC3A0.0629none0.00150.06290.0614
#1-64 UNC2B0.0629none0.00260.06550.0629
#1-64 UNC3B0.0629none0.00190.06480.0629
#2-56 UNC2A0.07440.00060.00210.07380.0717
#2-56 UNC3A0.0744none0.00160.07440.0728
#2-56 UNC2B0.0744none0.00280.07720.0744
#2-56 UNC3B0.0744none0.00210.07650.0744
#3-48 UNC2A0.08550.00070.00230.08480.0825
#3-48 UNC3A0.0855none0.00170.08550.0838
#3-48 UNC2B0.0855none0.0030.08850.0855
#3-48 UNC3B0.0855none0.00220.08770.0855
#4-40 UNC2A0.09580.00080.00250.0950.0925
#4-40 UNC3A0.0958none0.00190.09580.0939
#4-40 UNC2B0.0958none0.00330.09910.0958
#4-40 UNC3B0.0958none0.00240.09820.0958
#5-40 UNC2A0.10880.00080.00260.1080.1054
#5-40 UNC3A0.1088none0.00190.10880.1069
#5-40 UNC2B0.1088none0.00330.11210.1088
#5-40 UNC3B0.1088none0.00250.11130.1088
#6-32 UNC2A0.11770.00080.00280.11690.1141
#6-32 UNC3A0.1177none0.00210.11770.1156
#6-32 UNC2B0.1177none0.00370.12140.1177
#6-32 UNC3B0.1177none0.00280.12050.1177
#8-32 UNC2A0.14370.00090.00290.14280.1399
#8-32 UNC3A0.1437none0.00220.14370.1415
#8-32 UNC2B0.1437none0.00380.14750.1437
#8-32 UNC3B0.1437none0.00280.14650.1437
#10-24 UNC2A0.16290.0010.00330.16190.1586
#10-24 UNC3A0.1629none0.00250.16290.1604
#10-24 UNC2B0.1629none0.00430.16720.1629
#10-24 UNC3B0.1629none0.00320.16610.1629
#12-24 UNC2A0.18890.0010.00340.18790.1845
#12-24 UNC3A0.1889none0.00250.18890.1864
#12-24 UNC2B0.1889none0.00440.19330.1889
#12-24 UNC3B0.1889none0.00330.19220.1889
1/4-20 UNC2A0.21750.00110.00370.21640.2127
1/4-20 UNC3A0.2175none0.00280.21750.2147
1/4-20 UNC2B0.2175none0.00480.22230.2175
1/4-20 UNC3B0.2175none0.00360.22110.2175
5/16-18 UNC2A0.27640.00120.0040.27520.2712
5/16-18 UNC3A0.2764none0.0030.27640.2734
5/16-18 UNC2B0.2764none0.00530.28170.2764
5/16-18 UNC3B0.2764none0.00390.28030.2764
3/8-16 UNC2A0.33440.00130.00440.33310.3287
3/8-16 UNC3A0.3344none0.00330.33440.3311
3/8-16 UNC2B0.3344none0.00570.34010.3344
3/8-16 UNC3B0.3344none0.00430.33870.3344
7/16-14 UNC2A0.39110.00140.00470.38970.385
7/16-14 UNC3A0.3911none0.00350.39110.3876
7/16-14 UNC2B0.3911none0.00610.39720.3911
7/16-14 UNC3B0.3911none0.00460.39570.3911
1/2-13 UNC2A0.450.00150.0050.44850.4435
1/2-13 UNC3A0.45none0.00370.450.4463
1/2-13 UNC2B0.45none0.00650.45650.45
1/2-13 UNC3B0.45none0.00480.45480.45
9/16-12 UNC2A0.50840.00160.00520.50680.5016
9/16-12 UNC3A0.5084none0.00390.50840.5045
9/16-12 UNC2B0.5084none0.00680.51520.5084
9/16-12 UNC3B0.5084none0.00510.51350.5084
5/8-11 UNC2A0.5660.00170.00550.56430.5588
5/8-11 UNC3A0.566none0.00410.5660.5619
5/8-11 UNC2B0.566none0.00720.57320.566
5/8-11 UNC3B0.566none0.00540.57140.566
3/4-10 UNC2A0.6850.00180.00590.68320.6773
3/4-10 UNC3A0.685none0.00440.6850.6806
3/4-10 UNC2B0.685none0.00770.69270.685
3/4-10 UNC3B0.685none0.00570.69070.685
7/8-9 UNC2A0.80280.00190.00630.80090.7946
7/8-9 UNC3A0.8028none0.00470.80280.7981
7/8-9 UNC2B0.8028none0.00820.8110.8028
7/8-9 UNC3B0.8028none0.00610.80890.8028
1-8 UNC2A0.91880.0020.00680.91680.91
1-8 UNC3A0.9188none0.00510.91880.9137
1-8 UNC2B0.9188none0.00880.92760.9188
1-8 UNC3B0.9188none0.00660.92540.9188
1-1/8-7 UNC2A1.03220.00220.00731.031.0227
1-1/8-7 UNC3A1.0322none0.00541.03221.0268
1-1/8-7 UNC2B1.0322none0.00941.04161.0322
1-1/8-7 UNC3B1.0322none0.00711.03931.0322
1-1/4-7 UNC2A1.15720.00220.00741.1551.1476
1-1/4-7 UNC3A1.1572none0.00551.15721.1517
1-1/4-7 UNC2B1.1572none0.00961.16681.1572
1-1/4-7 UNC3B1.1572none0.00721.16441.1572
1-3/8-6 UNC2A1.26670.00240.0081.26431.2563
1-3/8-6 UNC3A1.2667none0.0061.26671.2607
1-3/8-6 UNC2B1.2667none0.01041.27711.2667
1-3/8-6 UNC3B1.2667none0.00781.27451.2667
1-1/2-6 UNC2A1.39170.00240.00811.38931.3812
1-1/2-6 UNC3A1.3917none0.00611.39171.3856
1-1/2-6 UNC2B1.3917none0.01051.40221.3917
1-1/2-6 UNC3B1.3917none0.00791.39961.3917
#0-80 UNF2A0.05190.00050.00180.05140.0496
#0-80 UNF3A0.0519none0.00130.05190.0506
#0-80 UNF2B0.0519none0.00230.05420.0519
#0-80 UNF3B0.0519none0.00170.05360.0519
#1-72 UNF2A0.0640.00060.00190.06340.0615
#1-72 UNF3A0.064none0.00140.0640.0626
#1-72 UNF2B0.064none0.00250.06650.064
#1-72 UNF3B0.064none0.00190.06590.064
#2-64 UNF2A0.07590.00060.0020.07530.0733
#2-64 UNF3A0.0759none0.00150.07590.0744
#2-64 UNF2B0.0759none0.00270.07860.0759
#2-64 UNF3B0.0759none0.0020.07790.0759
#3-56 UNF2A0.08740.00070.00220.08670.0845
#3-56 UNF3A0.0874none0.00160.08740.0858
#3-56 UNF2B0.0874none0.00280.09020.0874
#3-56 UNF3B0.0874none0.00210.08950.0874
#4-48 UNF2A0.09850.00070.00240.09780.0954
#4-48 UNF3A0.0985none0.00180.09850.0967
#4-48 UNF2B0.0985none0.00310.10160.0985
#4-48 UNF3B0.0985none0.00230.10080.0985
#5-44 UNF2A0.11020.00070.00250.10950.107
#5-44 UNF3A0.1102none0.00190.11020.1083
#5-44 UNF2B0.1102none0.00320.11340.1102
#5-44 UNF3B0.1102none0.00240.11260.1102
#6-40 UNF2A0.12180.00080.00260.1210.1184
#6-40 UNF3A0.1218none0.0020.12180.1198
#6-40 UNF2B0.1218none0.00340.12520.1218
#6-40 UNF3B0.1218none0.00250.12430.1218
#8-36 UNF2A0.1460.00080.00280.14520.1424
#8-36 UNF3A0.146none0.00210.1460.1439
#8-36 UNF2B0.146none0.00360.14960.146
#8-36 UNF3B0.146none0.00270.14870.146
#10-32 UNF2A0.16970.00090.0030.16880.1658
#10-32 UNF3A0.1697none0.00230.16970.1674
#10-32 UNF2B0.1697none0.00390.17360.1697
#10-32 UNF3B0.1697none0.00290.17260.1697
#12-28 UNF2A0.19280.0010.00320.19180.1886
#12-28 UNF3A0.1928none0.00240.19280.1904
#12-28 UNF2B0.1928none0.00420.1970.1928
#12-28 UNF3B0.1928none0.00310.19590.1928
1/4-28 UNF2A0.22680.0010.00330.22580.2225
1/4-28 UNF3A0.2268none0.00250.22680.2243
1/4-28 UNF2B0.2268none0.00430.23110.2268
1/4-28 UNF3B0.2268none0.00320.230.2268
5/16-24 UNF2A0.28540.00110.00370.28430.2806
5/16-24 UNF3A0.2854none0.00270.28540.2827
5/16-24 UNF2B0.2854none0.00480.29020.2854
5/16-24 UNF3B0.2854none0.00360.2890.2854
3/8-24 UNF2A0.34790.00110.00380.34680.343
3/8-24 UNF3A0.3479none0.00290.34790.345
3/8-24 UNF2B0.3479none0.00490.35280.3479
3/8-24 UNF3B0.3479none0.00370.35160.3479
7/16-20 UNF2A0.4050.00130.00420.40370.3995
7/16-20 UNF3A0.405none0.00310.4050.4019
7/16-20 UNF2B0.405none0.00540.41040.405
7/16-20 UNF3B0.405none0.00410.40910.405
1/2-20 UNF2A0.46750.00130.00430.46620.4619
1/2-20 UNF3A0.4675none0.00320.46750.4643
1/2-20 UNF2B0.4675none0.00560.47310.4675
1/2-20 UNF3B0.4675none0.00420.47170.4675
9/16-18 UNF2A0.52640.00140.00450.5250.5205
9/16-18 UNF3A0.5264none0.00340.52640.523
9/16-18 UNF2B0.5264none0.00590.53230.5264
9/16-18 UNF3B0.5264none0.00440.53080.5264
5/8-18 UNF2A0.58890.00140.00470.58750.5828
5/8-18 UNF3A0.5889none0.00350.58890.5854
5/8-18 UNF2B0.5889none0.0060.59490.5889
5/8-18 UNF3B0.5889none0.00450.59340.5889
3/4-16 UNF2A0.70940.00150.0050.70790.7029
3/4-16 UNF3A0.7094none0.00380.70940.7056
3/4-16 UNF2B0.7094none0.00650.71590.7094
3/4-16 UNF3B0.7094none0.00490.71430.7094
7/8-14 UNF2A0.82860.00160.00540.8270.8216
7/8-14 UNF3A0.8286none0.00410.82860.8245
7/8-14 UNF2B0.8286none0.0070.83560.8286
7/8-14 UNF3B0.8286none0.00530.83390.8286
1-12 UNF2A0.94590.00180.00590.94410.9382
1-12 UNF3A0.9459none0.00440.94590.9415
1-12 UNF2B0.9459none0.00760.95350.9459
1-12 UNF3B0.9459none0.00570.95160.9459
1-1/8-12 UNF2A1.07090.00180.0061.06911.0631
1-1/8-12 UNF3A1.0709none0.00451.07091.0664
1-1/8-12 UNF2B1.0709none0.00781.07871.0709
1-1/8-12 UNF3B1.0709none0.00591.07681.0709
1-1/4-12 UNF2A1.19590.00180.00621.19411.1879
1-1/4-12 UNF3A1.1959none0.00461.19591.1913
1-1/4-12 UNF2B1.1959none0.0081.20391.1959
1-1/4-12 UNF3B1.1959none0.0061.20191.1959
1-3/8-12 UNF2A1.32090.00190.00631.3191.3127
1-3/8-12 UNF3A1.3209none0.00471.32091.3162
1-3/8-12 UNF2B1.3209none0.00821.32911.3209
1-3/8-12 UNF3B1.3209none0.00611.3271.3209
1-1/2-12 UNF2A1.44590.00190.00641.4441.4376
1-1/2-12 UNF3A1.4459none0.00481.44591.4411
1-1/2-12 UNF2B1.4459none0.00831.45421.4459
1-1/2-12 UNF3B1.4459none0.00631.45221.4459
#12-32 UNEF2A0.19570.0010.00320.19470.1915
#12-32 UNEF3A0.1957none0.00240.19570.1933
#12-32 UNEF2B0.1957none0.00410.19980.1957
#12-32 UNEF3B0.1957none0.00310.19880.1957
1/4-32 UNEF2A0.22970.0010.00320.22870.2255
1/4-32 UNEF3A0.2297none0.00240.22970.2273
1/4-32 UNEF2B0.2297none0.00420.23390.2297
1/4-32 UNEF3B0.2297none0.00310.23280.2297
5/16-32 UNEF2A0.29220.0010.00330.29120.2879
5/16-32 UNEF3A0.2922none0.00250.29220.2897
5/16-32 UNEF2B0.2922none0.00430.29650.2922
5/16-32 UNEF3B0.2922none0.00320.29540.2922
3/8-32 UNEF2A0.35470.0010.00340.35370.3503
3/8-32 UNEF3A0.3547none0.00250.35470.3522
3/8-32 UNEF2B0.3547none0.00440.35910.3547
3/8-32 UNEF3B0.3547none0.00330.3580.3547
7/16-28 UNEF2A0.41430.00110.00360.41320.4096
7/16-28 UNEF3A0.4143none0.00270.41430.4116
7/16-28 UNEF2B0.4143none0.00470.4190.4143
7/16-28 UNEF3B0.4143none0.00350.41780.4143
1/2-28 UNEF2A0.47680.00110.00370.47570.472
1/2-28 UNEF3A0.4768none0.00280.47680.474
1/2-28 UNEF2B0.4768none0.00480.48160.4768
1/2-28 UNEF3B0.4768none0.00360.48040.4768
9/16-24 UNEF2A0.53540.00120.0040.53420.5302
9/16-24 UNEF3A0.5354none0.0030.53540.5324
9/16-24 UNEF2B0.5354none0.00510.54050.5354
9/16-24 UNEF3B0.5354none0.00390.53930.5354
5/8-24 UNEF2A0.59790.00120.0040.59670.5927
5/8-24 UNEF3A0.5979none0.0030.59790.5949
5/8-24 UNEF2B0.5979none0.00520.60310.5979
5/8-24 UNEF3B0.5979none0.00390.60180.5979
11/16-24 UNEF2A0.66040.00120.0040.65920.6552
11/16-24 UNEF3A0.6604none0.0030.66040.6574
11/16-24 UNEF2B0.6604none0.00530.66570.6604
11/16-24 UNEF3B0.6604none0.00390.66430.6604
3/4-20 UNEF2A0.71750.00130.00440.71620.7118
3/4-20 UNEF3A0.7175none0.00330.71750.7142
3/4-20 UNEF2B0.7175none0.00570.72320.7175
3/4-20 UNEF3B0.7175none0.00430.72180.7175
13/16-20 UNEF2A0.780.00130.00440.77870.7743
13/16-20 UNEF3A0.78none0.00330.780.7767
13/16-20 UNEF2B0.78none0.00580.78580.78
13/16-20 UNEF3B0.78none0.00430.78430.78
7/8-20 UNEF2A0.84250.00130.00450.84120.8367
7/8-20 UNEF3A0.8425none0.00340.84250.8391
7/8-20 UNEF2B0.8425none0.00580.84830.8425
7/8-20 UNEF3B0.8425none0.00440.84690.8425
15/16-20 UNEF2A0.9050.00140.00450.90360.8991
15/16-20 UNEF3A0.905none0.00340.9050.9016
15/16-20 UNEF2B0.905none0.00590.91090.905
15/16-20 UNEF3B0.905none0.00440.90940.905
1-20 UNEF2A0.96750.00140.00450.96610.9616
1-20 UNEF3A0.9675none0.00340.96750.9641
1-20 UNEF2B0.9675none0.00590.97340.9675
1-20 UNEF3B0.9675none0.00440.97190.9675
1-1/16-18 UNEF2A1.02640.00140.00481.0251.0202
1-1/16-18 UNEF3A1.0264none0.00361.02641.0228
1-1/16-18 UNEF2B1.0264none0.00621.03261.0264
1-1/16-18 UNEF3B1.0264none0.00471.03111.0264
1-1/8-18 UNEF2A1.08890.00140.00481.08751.0827
1-1/8-18 UNEF3A1.0889none0.00361.08891.0853
1-1/8-18 UNEF2B1.0889none0.00621.09511.0889
1-1/8-18 UNEF3B1.0889none0.00471.09361.0889
1-3/16-18 UNEF2A1.15140.00140.00481.151.1452
1-3/16-18 UNEF3A1.1514none0.00361.15141.1478
1-3/16-18 UNEF2B1.1514none0.00631.15771.1514
1-3/16-18 UNEF3B1.1514none0.00471.15611.1514
1-1/4-18 UNEF2A1.21390.00150.00491.21241.2075
1-1/4-18 UNEF3A1.2139none0.00361.21391.2103
1-1/4-18 UNEF2B1.2139none0.00631.22021.2139
1-1/4-18 UNEF3B1.2139none0.00471.21861.2139
1-5/16-18 UNEF2A1.27640.00150.00491.27491.27
1-5/16-18 UNEF3A1.2764none0.00371.27641.2727
1-5/16-18 UNEF2B1.2764none0.00641.28281.2764
1-5/16-18 UNEF3B1.2764none0.00481.28121.2764
1-3/8-18 UNEF2A1.33890.00150.00491.33741.3325
1-3/8-18 UNEF3A1.3389none0.00371.33891.3352
1-3/8-18 UNEF2B1.3389none0.00641.34531.3389
1-3/8-18 UNEF3B1.3389none0.00481.34371.3389
1-7/16-18 UNEF2A1.40140.00150.00491.39991.395
1-7/16-18 UNEF3A1.4014none0.00371.40141.3977
1-7/16-18 UNEF2B1.4014none0.00641.40781.4014
1-7/16-18 UNEF3B1.4014none0.00481.40621.4014
1-1/2-18 UNEF2A1.46390.00150.0051.46241.4574
1-1/2-18 UNEF3A1.4639none0.00371.46391.4602
1-1/2-18 UNEF2B1.4639none0.00651.47041.4639
1-1/2-18 UNEF3B1.4639none0.00481.46871.4639
1-9/16-18 UNEF2A1.52640.00150.0051.52491.5199
1-9/16-18 UNEF3A1.5264none0.00371.52641.5227
1-9/16-18 UNEF2B1.5264none0.00651.53291.5264
1-9/16-18 UNEF3B1.5264none0.00491.53131.5264
1-5/8-18 UNEF2A1.58890.00150.0051.58741.5824
1-5/8-18 UNEF3A1.5889none0.00381.58891.5851
1-5/8-18 UNEF2B1.5889none0.00651.59541.5889
1-5/8-18 UNEF3B1.5889none0.00491.59381.5889
1-11/16-18 UNEF2A1.65140.00150.0051.64991.6449
1-11/16-18 UNEF3A1.6514none0.00381.65141.6476
1-11/16-18 UNEF2B1.6514none0.00651.65791.6514
1-11/16-18 UNEF3B1.6514none0.00491.65631.6514

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