Nuts and bolts. SAE, Metric, or both
I been wrenching on vehicles all my life. It use to be only SAE, then it became a mix of SAE and Metric. I thought they we're going to phase out SAE and go all metric at some point, but it seems like ...
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Big Katuna wrote:No argument there, but most machinists and good mechanics worth a **** work with decimals. So that 1-5/16" becomes 1.0625, and 7/8" becomes .875, which is as easy to add as metric.
Metric may not be better but it’s way easier for most people to add 25mm and 12mm than “1-5/16 and “7/8.
