GE commercial "Wrench"

[Pliablemoose]

I saw this on TV a few times and it bothered me till I realized they were passing an 11/16ths English wrench...

Gotta love the film makers that don't realize everything is metric.

Wrench

Making of Wrench

 

[The Boston Dangler]

since when is everything metric?

 

[wedi42]

11/16th sounds better than 18mm

 

[marvdmartian]

Or......perhaps everything isn't metric, and they thought they'd be funny by having him ask for one of the least commonly used sizes in the world??

I've been doing mechanic work for almost 30 years now, and the 11/16 and 13/16 wrenches are the most useless sizes they'll put in a wrench or socket set. I guarantee, if you have a toolbox with a wrench and socket set, that people constantly "borrow" from (and never return), you'll end up with those two sizes, because they're rarely needed (except for the occasional strangely sized heavy duty nut, perhaps).

Could be, ya think?

 

[ViviTheMage]

no youtube at work

 

[herm0016]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
no youtube at work

marked for home

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
Or......perhaps everything isn't metric, and they thought they'd be funny by having him ask for one of the least commonly used sizes in the world??

I've been doing mechanic work for almost 30 years now, and the 11/16 and 13/16 wrenches are the most useless sizes they'll put in a wrench or socket set.

My dodge has a bunch of 11/16 bolts on it for some stupid reason.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
Or......perhaps everything isn't metric, and they thought they'd be funny by having him ask for one of the least commonly used sizes in the world??

I've been doing mechanic work for almost 30 years now, and the 11/16 and 13/16 wrenches are the most useless sizes they'll put in a wrench or socket set.

My dodge has a bunch of 11/16 bolts on it for some stupid reason.

They had a lot of 11/16ths wrenches laying around the engineering department

13/16th I think is most often used in spark plugs, where you can rarely get to with a wrench.

 

[BoomerD]

Nah...not metric here in the US. We know how to work with odd fractions...we don't need no stinking metrics...

While I agree that 11/16 is less common than some of the other sizes, it's still one that I've used fairly regularly over the years.

 

[CallMeJoe]

He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

doing anything engineering in standard units is retarded since 99% of engineering is *taught in metric*. in my current job, everything is in pounds/inches/seconds and it annoys the hell out of me.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

Airbus makes airframes, not engines.

 

[So]

Uh, they chose to use the American measurement, because they were going for a folky american vibe and a lot of people in this country are (wrongly) still weirded out by metric? The number of people who gripe about using metric is many times larger than the group of people who would gripe about NOT using metric.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

doing anything engineering in standard units is retarded since 99% of engineering is *taught in metric*. in my current job, everything is in pounds/inches/seconds and it annoys the hell out of me.

NASA does everything in America...

AFAIC if its good enough for them, it's good enough for the whole world.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

Airbus makes airframes, not engines.

I've not worked on an Airbus, so I will not speculate on their engine mount hardware.

 

[halik]

Wow the making of is almost better than the actual commercial.

And that's the kind of manufacturing we should be keeping in the U.S. - high end / high tech work. U.S. may not be able to compete in making man hole covers, but I'm pretty sure we have the edge in manufacturing and assembly of high end machinery where quality is paramount.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
in my current job, everything is in pounds/inches/seconds and it annoys the hell out of me.

I work in the printer industry, and I hate having to deal between inch and metric paper sizes. I've love to have some standard world-wide paper sizes, it would sure as hell make part of my job much easier.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

Are you in aviation or are you talking out of your ass?

In automotive it's virtually 100% metric now; if turbofans come with SAE bolts I'll be really surprised.

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
since when is everything metric?

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

Are you in aviation or are you talking out of your ass?
In automotive it's virtually 100% metric now; if turbofans come with SAE bolts I'll be really surprised.

28 years now... and all my metric tools are in my home garage.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

Are you in aviation or are you talking out of your ass?
In automotive it's virtually 100% metric now; if turbofans come with SAE bolts I'll be really surprised.

28 years now... and all my metric tools are in my home garage.

Wow, so GE turbofans still use SAE fasteners? Who woulda thunk it...

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
He's working on an aircraft engine; aviation is one field where SAE fasteners are still common.

edit: American made aircraft engine. You may find metric fasteners on an Airbus...

Are you in aviation or are you talking out of your ass?
In automotive it's virtually 100% metric now; if turbofans come with SAE bolts I'll be really surprised.

28 years now... and all my metric tools are in my home garage.

Wow, so GE turbofans still use SAE fasteners? Who woulda thunk it...

Clarification: I've never worked on a General Electric engine, so I have to allow they may have metric fasteners. I can state unequivocally that SAE fasteners are still widely used in current production aircraft.