Thread Calculator

UN, UNR, UNJ, metric M and MJ, NPT, BSP, ACME, and STI. Limits, wire measurement, tap drills. v1.3

Precision Units
Unified threads per ASME B1.1 formulas, with tolerances rounded to four places before they are applied, as the standard's worked examples do. External minor diameter: neither ASME B1.1 nor ISO 965 specifies a minimum for an external thread — B1.1 para 5.4 says it is "established by the crest of an unworn tool." B1.1 tabulates only the UNR maximum, as a reference dimension, so that is what is shown; the UN flat-root maximum and the optional design minimum of B1.1 para 8.3.1(f) are labelled as such. For metric, ISO tolerances only four diameters and does not include d3, so the value shown is the informative H/6 stress-area reference from ISO 965-3 / 965-4 Annex A, and the specified root requirement is the minimum root radius. V-shape details are reference geometry. Metric fundamental deviations use the tabulated ISO 965-1 Table 1 values directly (they are not computable from the standard's formulas); tolerance grades follow the ISO 965-1 formulas with preferred-number rounding, where a printed table value can occasionally differ by one rounding step. Nonstandard pitches are refused rather than approximated. NPT per ASME B1.20.1. ACME and STI are reference geometry in this version. Always verify critical dimensions against the governing standard, customer spec, or gauge certificates. Further reading: Measuring Threads with Wires, Start to Finish.