Posted by bison on June 24, 2015 at 22:45:38 from (69.168.144.140):
In Reply to: Why not metric ??? posted by JD Seller on June 24, 2015 at 21:47:38:
Canada went all metric in 79.
Blue prints are in MM only, carpenters build in feet and inches.
Till this day all lumber is still sold in standard sizes as is structural steel, bar stock and tubing
Finding metric bolts is a night mare, all bins in farm stores are filled with standard bolts and nuts,.. not a metric size in sight.
Metric sizes have to be ordered or one has to make a special trip to a bolt and bearing house and half the time they don't have them either.
This is madness :roll:
I grew up in a metric only country, today i am more comfortable using standard as everyone i know still uses that.
The only times i like using metric is with machining as i have a metric lathe and the decimal system for small tolerances is far superior to standard. This lathe can cut any tread known to man.
And for the same reason i use metric for weights smaller than an ounce.
There is nothing wrong with standard weights and measures
The whole country is laid out in miles and acres, to try convert that to metric does not work worth a damm.
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