metric tools - not so dumb question?

[Eric]

And isn't plumbing imperial the world over?  I think most is British 
Standard, but still imperial.

Bob Rossato wrote:

>It's one of those peaceful coexistence things.  Yes the tool industry
>standard drive sizes are 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" and so on.  It's like sparkplugs
>that have a hex size of 5/8" or 13/16", but have metric threads (14mm or
>18mm).  Or tires that are metric in width but fit on wheel diameters
>measured in inches.  The metric rims (TRX) never went anywhere....other than
>away.
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>Bob
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
>>[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of superba
>>Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:11 PM
>>To: quattro at audifans.com
>>Subject: Re: metric tools - not so dumb question?
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>>Hi All,
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>>This started out as "tongue in cheek", you better be sure you get American
>>metric, la de dah.  However, a serious question arose in my mind.  If one
>>buys, say, a set of metric sockets in countries that are all
>>metric, what is
>>the size of the drive?  The sockets I have are 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" drive.  Do
>>the metric country suppliers accomodate SAE sizes?  Before it's
>>said, I know
>>that the business end is the same...
>>
>>TIA.
>>
>>Cheers!
>>
>>Jim Jordan
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