[Elecraft] understanding screw sizes

Ron D'Eau Claire ron at cobi.biz
Sat Apr 9 10:32:02 EDT 2011


The really bizarre fact is that our Congress adopted Metric as the US
"Standard" system of weights and measures in the 1800's but they failed to
pass a law requiring its use. 

Ron (been converting between the systems all my life and not loving it)
AC7AC


-----Original Message-----
...Sorry for those in "Metric Land" who do not understand the US hardware 
system.  We tried to go metric many years ago and failed.  Most of the 
auto industry is now metric, but for small hardware, the US sizes 
predominate here.  We have to keep two sets of wrenches if we are to 
have a complete set.

73,
Don W3FPR




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