metric fastners

[gasgas17]

I work on mostly dirt bikes at home, so all metric there. But airlines and compressor parts around the shop are fractional. At my day job as a carpenter/contractor most hardware is fractional as well. Not to mention most building supplies are imperial as we ship most of what we make to the US market. So we won't be building any metric homes in the near future. Yet all of our building code is in metric. Roof shingles are metric here though. 1 meter long (39 3/8"), compared to USA's 36" shingles. So a metric long tape comes in handy laying out roofs. Plumbing stuff is all imperial too. Lots of uses for imperial wrenches yet. Thankfully everything else we do in Canada is metric.

 

[6MocoA]

...I prefer metric. It's logical and easier to follow.

Agree completely

That said I still have little concept of what a kilometer feels like.

You know how I know you've never been in the military?

 

[KMdef9]

Ya I agree the conversion started in the late seventies but still hasn't taken hold 10000%. Here's a useless piece of information. The modern Hemi cars are all metric with the exception of the bell housing bolts, those are still SAE. Wtf is that about.

Not all Hemis. A lot are 16mm IIRC.

 

[anndel]

My son's cheapie china made bicycle had all SAE fasteners when I put it together. I keep both SAE and metric sets handy as I don't know what I'll run in to. All of our cars are metric but who knows.

 

[mfrantz90]

Not all Hemis. A lot are 16mm IIRC.

16mm = 5/8.... A lot of standard and metric are damn close... If you work on a variety of stuff you need both


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