Imperial or metric?.

[REAL HOT SCHITT]

A question to the masses out there.

I prefer imperial measurements , what do u prefer and why?
Does any1 change 100 % to metric down there in states?.

Cheers jj

 

[Stuart in MN]

I use them both, and don't have a particular preference one way or the other. We were taught the metric system in elementary school (around 1963, if I remember correctly) so after more than 45 years I've become pretty ambidextrous.

 

[Aklass]

I like Metric, because numbers are alot easier to get in order from least to greatest than fractions, plus 90% of cars out their are metric

 

[Lomotil]

I'm trying to move in the direction of metric, it just seems more logical, but I can't help but look at a nut and say to myself, "That looks like a 5/8 to me..."

 

[t100]

I don't mind either but I absolutely HATE when mixing them up. whoever designed shitz that way is totally retarded, and there are many of them.

 

[spongerich]

If I never see another inch, gallon, or pound it'll be fine with me.

 

[diesel research]

plus 90% of cars out their are metric

90% of the manly stuff is SAE...


I couldn't care less about one system vs the other, and have since gotten used to both being mixed together, even in heavy industrial. (things that make semis look small)

I do not like metric plumbing though. Only because I am not used to metric fittings and the wide variety of thread pitches for a given size.

 

[canuckian]

i grew up being taught metric all my life (everything in Canada is metric). To me, metric makes more sense as everything is in 10's but i do refer to a few things in imperial - my height and weight for example.

funny thing though....if I have a bolt that I don't know the exact size socket or wrench I need, I always try the metric first.

 

[american lockpicker]

I prefer metric as its easy to understand. Imperial is as confusing as **** especially when you have fractions like 5/16 or 1/32.

 

[Wrenches of Death]

A question to the masses out there.

I don't think that the best description is "imperial", it's simply "STANDARD". I think that the correct designation in Great Britain would be AF, or "Across the Flats".

I've owned and worked on a number of Brit products over the years and they had something like three or four different tool schemes even before metric. Confusing as hell...

In the US, standard is the designation.

Over the last couple of decades, Metric, the preferred measuring system of Communists, has made serious inroads here in the US though.

WoD

 

[Busted Bolts]

for me I like the standard version. Its what I'm use to.

 

[diesel research]

I don't think that the best description is "imperial", it's simply "STANDARD". I think that the correct designation in Great Britain would be AF, or "Across the Flats".

I've owned and worked on a number of Brit products over the years and they had something like three or four different tool schemes even before metric. Confusing as hell...

In the US, standard is the designation.

Over the last couple of decades, Metric, the preferred measuring system of Communists, has made serious inroads here in the US though.

WoD

It is NOT standard for him, he lives in NZ.



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As for fractions, ya they were totally confusing until maybe like the 4th grade. Anyone worth their salt around a workshop/machine shop is handy with fractions even if they typically use decimals.

Simply looking at a 7/8 tells me it is larger than 7/16 or 7/32, no math required. If one has a problem spotting the difference, perhaps they need to consider working in the kitchen. No, even the kitchen uses fractions lmao.

 

[jdl25]

America inches toward the metric system...

 

[Wrenches of Death]

It is NOT standard for him, he lives in NZ.

I know, it was a dig at colonialism.

WoD

 

[american lockpicker]

Metric, the preferred measuring system of Communists...

Maybe thats why I like it so much. Measurements of the world unite!

 

[bursty]

90% of the manly stuff is SAE...


I couldn't care less about one system vs the other, and have since gotten used to both being mixed together, even in heavy industrial. (things that make semis look small)

I do not like metric plumbing though. Only because I am not used to metric fittings and the wide variety of thread pitches for a given size.

Everything I work on is metric....and its definitely manly. My most common wrenches that i have on me at all times are 24mm, 41mm, 46mm, and 55mm.

 

[Wrenches of Death]

Measurements of the world unite!

The tool makers rallying cry!

WoD

 

[catfish]

Metric of course , you yanks do everything the wrong way , you even drive on the wrong side of the road

 

[Sick Puppy]

I don't mind either but I absolutely HATE when mixing them up. whoever designed shitz that way is totally retarded, and there are many of them.

Like Triumph, who had apparently been known to use Metric, Imperial and Whitworth on a single bike!!

 

[bcjames]

Like Triumph, who had apparently been known to use Metric, Imperial and Whitworth on a single bike!!

Some of my Minis left the factory with Imperial, Metric and Whitworth on them. Throw in a few threads in Whitworth special form and it's great fun! The moggy I had used several systems pre metric.

 

[chewy7]

standard

 

[chewy7]

Metric of course , you yanks do everything the wrong way , you even drive on the wrong side of the road

you must be a** backwards

 

[dirtrider]

I prefer Standard and still think it's better in some applications. In some ways it's positive having two different measuring systems because I have more of a selection of tools but in other way's I wish some of the stuff I work on was one or the other. Now a days most hardware on cars is metric although I find a good amount of Standard on American cars still, I will use Standard whenever I get the chance if something fit's both I use Standard if I can.

 

[richfinn]

My main tool kit is metric, but Im glad I kept my fractional tools as I still see the occasional old British car or bike/odd USA vehicle/Harley Davidson bike.

I dont have a problem identifying either type, but I sometimes pick the wrong Torx bit or Allen wrench even after 25yrs of messing with nuts and bolts

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I don't think that the best description is "imperial", it's simply "STANDARD". I think that the correct designation in Great Britain would be AF, or "Across the Flats".

I've owned and worked on a number of Brit products over the years and they had something like three or four different tool schemes even before metric. Confusing as hell...

It's called Imperial becuase it's the Imperial System, as opposed to the Metric System. "Standard" is an American term, and here in the old country no-one refers to the Imperial System as "Standard".

For work, Metric all the way. I Never use Imperial tools, everything is Metric.

 

[tw33k2514]

Metric is much easier for me. I wish everything was metric.

 

[Lomotil]

America inches toward the metric system...

Nice!

 

[toolmaker1]

As a toolmaker by trade there is nothing worse than metric blueprints. And the worst of all the metric prints are from you stinking brits I swear all they have in the uk are crayola drafting tools! Forget about solidworks or pro-e.