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In any larger workshop over here there is one toolchest usually marked in some bright and ugly color, all the tools marked in the same color, containing "Zollwe
by corty 6y ago
In any larger workshop over here there is one toolchest usually marked in some bright and ugly color, all the tools marked in the same color, containing "Zollwerkzeug". That is, tools in inch sizes. You rarely need them, but on occasion you come across something from the other side of the pond where your 8mm wrench would just damage the head of your bolt. But often you can also get the job done with a monkey wrench.
However, this means that really changing over to metric, meaning also using international standards for tools, screws, bolts, wires, etc., needs buying new tools and material. I'm not sure how many metric tools there are in a typical US workshop, but I can imagine that they are not too common at the moment.
- cpwright 6y agoThe majority of US consumer grade ratchet/wrench sets have both US and metric sizes. There are enough metric nuts and bolts in random things that you really do need both.
- edoceo 6y agoNeed both, in USA - the at home toolbox in SI countries don't have this problem as they rarely bump into the odd-duck US measurements. The US system require to buy more tools - so I can work on most stuff (SI) and the some stuff (USA). Buying two things to do one job - as is tradition.