1/2-10 ACME Thread Dimensions
1/2-10 ACME is a acme ACME thread. There are 10 threads per inch on a 0.5 in major diameter, giving a metric-equivalent pitch of 2.54 mm. The recommended tap drill leaves roughly 75% thread engagement.
Thread profile
millimetres unless statedBasic information
- Designation
- 1/2-10 ACME
- Thread system
- ACME
- Series
- acme
- Standard
- ASME B1.5
- Basic profile
- ACME basic profile
- Flank angle
- 29°
Dimensions
- Major diameter
- 0.5 in / 12.7 mm
- Pitch (metric equivalent)
- 2.54 mm
- Threads per inch
- 10
- Pitch diameter
- 0.45 in / 11.43 mm
- Minor diameter (external)
- 0.3799 in / 9.65 mm
- Minor diameter (internal)
- 0.3799 in / 9.65 mm
- Thread depth
- 0.06 in / 1.524 mm
- Recommended tap drill
- Ø 0.4 in / 10.16 mm
How these values are derived
computed from the basic profileThese figures follow the ACME basic profile of ASME B1.5. A 60° basic profile uses a fundamental triangle height H = 0.866025 × P, with external minor diameter d₃ = d − 1.226869 × P and internal minor diameter D₁ = d − 1.082532 × P; the two differ because the external root is rounded while the internal crest is truncated. A 55° Whitworth profile uses H = 0.960491 × P and a thread height of 0.640327 × P. The recommended tap drill is given as nominal diameter minus pitch, which approximates 75% thread engagement — adjust it for tough materials or deep holes.
Compatible parts0 specification pages
No specification in this database uses 1/2-10 ACME. Power threads are not fastener threads — they are found on lead screws, jacks and vice screws, so no bolt or nut in this catalogue is made in this form. The geometry above is what a machinist needs to cut it.
Related
Neighbouring sizes in ACME.