Today I put together information from several websites and forums that may prove helpful for pinhole sizing. As the notation at the bottom of this message and my disclaimer at the bottom of the right hand column of this blog states – use and proceed at your own risk/peril.
Sewing & Tapestry Needles / Numbered Drill Sizes
A B C D E F
- 13 .092″ 2.34 mm 42/43
- 14 .082″ 2.03 mm 45*
- 16 .064″ 1.63 mm 52 ~1/16
- 18 .050″ 1.27 mm ~55 ~3/64
1 – .046″ 1.17 mm 56
2 20 .043″ 1.09 mm 57*
3 – .040″ 1.02 mm 60*
4 22 .037″ 0.94 mm 63*
5 – .034″ 0.86 mm 65/66
6 24 .030″ 0.76 mm 68/69 ~1/32
7 – .027″ 0.69 mm 70/71
8 26 .024″ 0.61 mm 73*
9 – .021″ 0.53 mm 75*
10 – .018″ 0.46 mm 77*
11 – .016″ 0.42 mm 78*
12 – .014″ 0.35 mm 79/80 ~1/64
A Hand Sewing Needle Note- NOT sewing machine needle
B Tapestry Needle
C US inch
D Metric
E US Numbered Drill * denotes exact match between C and E
F US Fractional Drill
NOTE WELL:
This information has been gathered from various third party websites and
forums on the Internet. Therefore there is no possible way to guarantee the
accuracy and is posted here for informational purposes only.
