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To: Hodar

England uses metric, SAE and Imperial. All can be found on UK machinery.


8 posted on 04/05/2012 6:55:03 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Beware the Sweater Vest)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I’ve also seen what was called “soft metric” on DOD designs, which meant that SAE standards were used to the nearest metric value called out. Works fine for things you weld together, but not so good for systems that connecct mechanically.


9 posted on 04/05/2012 7:00:17 AM PDT by Pecos (O.K., joke's over. Time to bring back the Constitution.)
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