Morse Taper Drills

In article , Andrew Mawson writes

Andrew,

Machinery's Handbook shows drills up to 27.0 mm and 1 1/16" take 3MT, and those from 27.50 mm and 1 5/64" upwards take 4MT.

Since I've got the book out and found the right page, for anyone else who might be interested, here are the maximum sizes for each MT:

1MT --- 11.8 mm/15/32" 2MT --- 19.5 mm/25/32" 3MT --- 27.0 mm/1 1/16" 4MT --- 38.0 mm/1 1/2" 5MT --- 76.0 mm/3"

This is for regular shank drills, some longer or shorter ones switch at a larger or smaller diameter.

Of course, this is a largely US-oriented book, so Europe may do it differently.

David

British makes mostly went to 1.1/4" dia but one did an 1.5/16" on a No3 MT

7/8" for No2. 17/32" for No1.