Handy Don 12,237 #26 Posted March 21, 2022 23 minutes ago, pfrederi said: I measured a few.... nice even METRIC dimensions Some day during the next generation (or sooner) it'll be fait accompli without a lot of fanfare. A great deal of newer stuff already being made to metric dimensions and the inch-based stuff will become collectors items. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,325 #27 Posted March 22, 2022 20 hours ago, Handy Don said: Some day during the next generation (or sooner) it'll be fait accompli without a lot of fanfare. A great deal of newer stuff already being made to metric dimensions and the inch-based stuff will become collectors items. In 1975, Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act, which declared metric as the preferred system of the United States, and the U.S. Metric Board was created to implement the conversion. America began testing road signs in kilometers under President Jimmy Carter, who supported efforts to go metric. The power plant where I was an operator was built in that era and some of our instrumentation was in conventional American (PSI) units and some was kPa (1000 newtons per square meter) with a conversion chart next to the device so we could know what was actually going on. Some temperatures were Fahrenheit and others were Celsius with a conversion chart. The US Metric Board was Founded: December 23, 1975 and Ceased operations: September 30, 1982. It only took the US Government seven years to figure out that this wasn't going to fly but it appears that our world wide trade situation is going to accomplish it whether we like it or not. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,161 #28 Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) Imagine the fun of putting a long block under Used car warranty in an 85 Chevette. The rebuilt engine supplied by the warranty company was a 78 vintage and all of the studs and special bolts of the original engine were metric. Had to go to a scrap yard and strip another engine just for the hardware. Then there was the drilling out of all the bracket holes Oh, it only paid flat rate warranty time. Edited March 22, 2022 by squonk 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,237 #29 Posted March 22, 2022 35 minutes ago, 953 nut said: it appears that our world wide trade situation is going to accomplish it whether we like it or not Exactly the point I was trying to make. Thanks. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 55 BB 24 #30 Posted March 22, 2022 On 3/21/2022 at 11:37 AM, pfrederi said: You can't trust HF.. several years ago i bought this box of straight keys. But it seemed I always had to do some filing/sanding to get them to fit. Then out of frustration I measured a few.... nice even METRIC dimensions.... Yep that's what I found too, that's the reason I was asking if anyone had a better place to find a decent assortment . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
