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Have you ever noticed, that all socket drive sizes, are in English units?

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
I have 3.175 mm, 6.35 mm, and 12.70 mm drive sockets.
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Those are little, if my conversion is correct 😕
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It's not. 😉
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Okay there's 2.54cm per inch. That's 245mm per inch. 3.175mm drive sockets?! jesus, what are you working on? 1/64 scale models or something? Do you have to use a magnifying glass to see the bolt?

What am I missing? 😕
 
That should read 25.4 mm/inch, NOT 245 mm/inch...so...1/2" is about 12 mm, etc...

Sorry, edited my typo
 
Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
how weird is that.

1/8", 1/4", 1/2" etc.

all english, no metric drive sizes
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It's because america is backwards.. only country really that still uses that system.
 
It's imperial, not "english" units. If anything they should be called "American" units because you're the only people who are too dumb to have figured out that the metric system is superior and furthermore is actually easier to use.
 
Nah,. we're just too dammed stubborn to make the change to a system that might actually make sense...I mean, converting milli-this into kilo-that, and not having to have a couple of conversion charts? WTF is up with that? no sense making this stuff easier than in needs to be...:roll:
 
Originally posted by: iamaelephant
It's imperial, not "english" units. If anything they should be called "American" units because you're the only people who are too dumb to have figured out that the metric system is superior and furthermore is actually easier to use.
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The worst part is that most of us in technical or scientific fields...you know, people who actually need a good system of units...use metric.

It's just Joe Moron who likes Imperial units...*sigh*
 
As an engineer I love the metric system, but I do have one beef about it. I have no clue of how the units relate to real life. Obviously this will be fixed with using the system more, but right now I have to convert most units to imperial units to get an idea of scale.
 
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