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KL27x:
The more important point, IMO, is he is keeping imperial alive in his own home. He could have replaced that drill with the new, shiny, all-metric drill and not looked back. But that old drill had some value to him, for some reason. Possibly beyond the value of its utility as a tool.

But he expects 350 million people in the US (and how many more in other countries including Canada and UK) to scrap greater things, physical and cultural, in order that his great great grandchildren might own only one set of wrenches and be able to order 300 grams of mac and cheese when they visit the US.

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Now bsfee's rotation is getting smaller, now that his bearing issue is totally debunked forwards, backwards, upside down. It was fabricated from the start. At least he still has his washing machine screws to complain about.
nigelwright7557:
For pcb's things are in both in the UK.
An inch is 25.4mm as a rough rule.
angrybird:
I guess I do not understand his frustration.  Having been a certified master mechanic (USA/ASE) for more than 2 decades and preferring old cars, I've always had both sets of tools and only see it as an advantage... I love fixing old stuff, old stuff is usually imperial, and since the past is the past, there isn't really any point in arguing about changing it  :-//

In my experience, it's only really necessary to have a small subset of imperial tools (certain length sockets/basic hand wrenches and few specialty tools) and everything else is universal.  It doesn't bother me to have stock of both metric and imperial hardware... The more hardware I have, the more I can fix  ;D
nigelwright7557:

--- Quote from: angrybird on March 01, 2020, 08:35:10 pm ---I guess I do not understand his frustration.  Having been a certified master mechanic (USA/ASE) for more than 2 decades and preferring old cars, I've always had both sets of tools and only see it as an advantage... I love fixing old stuff, old stuff is usually imperial, and since the past is the past, there isn't really any point in arguing about changing it  :-//

In my experience, it's only really necessary to have a small subset of imperial tools (certain length sockets/basic hand wrenches and few specialty tools) and everything else is universal.  It doesn't bother me to have stock of both metric and imperial hardware... The more hardware I have, the more I can fix  ;D

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In the UK working on older cars also requires a set of Whitworth sockets and spanners too.

Zero999:

--- Quote from: nigelwright7557 on March 01, 2020, 08:03:22 pm ---For pcb's things are in both in the UK.
An inch is 25.4mm as a rough rule.

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An inch is exactly 25.4mm

--- Quote from: angrybird on March 01, 2020, 08:35:10 pm ---I guess I do not understand his frustration.  Having been a certified master mechanic (USA/ASE) for more than 2 decades and preferring old cars, I've always had both sets of tools and only see it as an advantage... I love fixing old stuff, old stuff is usually imperial, and since the past is the past, there isn't really any point in arguing about changing it  :-//

In my experience, it's only really necessary to have a small subset of imperial tools (certain length sockets/basic hand wrenches and few specialty tools) and everything else is universal.  It doesn't bother me to have stock of both metric and imperial hardware... The more hardware I have, the more I can fix  ;D

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I can understand how having a wide range of sizes of tools and hardware is fun for a hobbyist/semi-professional, or handy for someone who repairs a wide range of equipment, but it does increase costs in a large organisation, such as a volume manufacturer. Stocking the smallest possible range of parts and tools, optimises efficiency, because less space is required for storage and things can be purchased in larger volume.
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