Bar Tolerances

Alloy Steel, Rounds and Squares

Specified size

Permissible variation from specified size

Over Under
To 5/16, inclusive .005 .005
Over 5/16 to 7/16, incl. .006 .006
Over 7/16 to 5/8, incl. .007 .007
Over 5/8 to 7/8, incl. .008 .008
Over 7/8 to 1, incl. .009 .009
Over 1 to 1 1/8, incl. .010 .010
Over 1 1/8 to 1 1/4, incl. .011 .011
Over 1 1/4 to 1 3/8, incl. .012 .012
Over 1 3/8 to 1 1/2, incl. .014 .014
Over 1 1/2 to 2, incl. 1/64 1/64
Over 2 to 2 1/2, incl. 1/32 0
Over 2 1/2 to 3 1/2, incl. 3/64 0
Over 3 1/2 to 4 1/2, incl. 1/16 0
Over 4 1/2 to 5 1/2, incl. 5/64 0
Over 5 1/2 to 6 1/2, incl. 1/8 0
Over 6 1/2 to 8 1/4, incl. 5/32 0
Over 8 1/4 to 9 1/2, incl. 3/16 0

 

 

Carbon Steel, Rounds and Squares

Specified size

Permissible variation from specified size

Over Under
To 5/16, inclusive .005 .005
Over 5/16 to 7/16, incl. .006 .006
Over 7/16 to 5/8, incl. .007 .007
Over 5/8 to 7/8, incl. .008 .008
Over 7/8 to 1, incl. .009 .009
Over 1 to 1 1/8, incl. .010 .010
Over 1 1/8 to 1 1/4, incl. .011 .011
Over 1 1/4 to 1 3/8, incl. .012 .012
Over 1 3/8 to 1 1/2, incl. .014 .014
Over 1 1/2 to 2, incl. 1/64 1/64
Over 2 to 2 1/2, incl. 1/32 0
Over 2 1/2 to 3 1/2, incl. 3/64 0
Over 3 1/2 to 4 1/2, incl. 1/16 0
Over 4 1/2 to 5 1/2, incl. 5/64 0
Over 5 1/2 to 6 1/2, incl. 1/8 0
Over 6 1/2 to 8 1/4, incl. 5/32 0
Over 8 1/4 to 9 1/2, incl. 3/16 0
Over 9 1/2 to 10, incl. 1/4 0

 Cold drawn

Size

Carbon .28% or less

Carbon .28% to .55%

Carbon to .55%, incl. stress relieve or anneal after cold finish Carbon over .55% or Q&T, normalized and tempered before cold finishing
ROUNDS
To 1 1/2, inclusive .002 .003 .004 .005
Over 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 incl. .003 .004 .005 .006
Over 2 1/2 to 4, incl. .004 .005 .006 .007
HEXAGONS
To 3/4, incl. .002 .003 .004 .006
Over 3/4 to 1 1/2, incl. .003 .004 .005 .007
Over 1 1/2 to 2 1/2, incl. .004 .005 .006 .008
Over 2 1/2 to 3 1/8. incl. .005 .006 .007 .009
SQUARES
To 3/4, incl. .002 .004 .005 .007
Over 3/4 to 1 1/2, incl. .003 .005 .006 .008
Over 1 1/2 to 2 1/2, incl. .004 .006 .007 .009
Over 2 1/2 to 4, incl. .006 .008 .009 .011
FLATS
Width
To 3/4, incl. .003 .004 .006 .008
Over 3/4 to 1 1/2, incl. .004 .005 .008 .010
Over 1 1/2 to 3, incl. .005 .006 .010 .012
Over 3 to 4, incl. .006 .008 .011 .016
Over 4 to 6, incl. .008 .010 .012 .020
Over 6 .013 .015