[sdiy] Mounting hole size for switch - can't seem to get from datasheet

[Tim Parkhurst]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Justin Owen<juzowen at googlemail.com> wrote:
> From: Danjel van Tijn [danjel at gmail.com]
>
>> whoops I was being dumb. 5.25mm is only if you plan to tap the hole.
>> M6 is a 6mm hole (The '6' is for the size in mm)
>
> 0.75mm might refer to the thickness of the supplied hex nut.
>
> ...I could be wrong though.
>
> Justin
>

Actually, M6 is the thread size and 0.75 is the thread "pitch" (i.e.
the distance from one thread to the next). Most 6MM hardware is 1MM
pitch, so that's why standard hardware doesn't work on most panel
components. You'll want to drill a mount hole that is just larger than
6MM (.236" or divide MM / 25.4 to get inches). Something in the area
of .240". You could go with a .250" (1/4") but that might actually
give you more play than you'd like.

Tim (hangin' with my pitches) Servo
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