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Maybe because the site is hard-coded for the US imperial system? Quoting the article: «Bolts are commonly specified by their thread size (e.g. 1/4"-20), and th

Maybe because the site is hard-coded for the US imperial system? Quoting the article: «Bolts are commonly specified by their thread size (e.g. 1/4"-20), and their length. I'm looking for a 1/4"-20 x 1" bolt, meaning that the bolt's diameter is 1/4" and its length is 1", so I select these filters.»

dagw 4y ago
Maybe because the site is hard-coded for the US imperial system? Why not go to the site and take a look. They, obviously, sell both metric and imperial bolts (and everything else). It's not like Americans don't occasionally need metric bolts.
- jsjohnst 4y ago
  > It's not like Americans don't occasionally need metric bolts. It’s becoming a lot more common than not in fact. Automobile industry for example is pretty heavy on using metric bolts / screws. It’s not a recent thing either, a 2004 F-250 I used to have had many (most?) bolts as metric.
  - bluGill 4y ago
    The US automotive industry started their metric push in the 1970s, and was mostly done in the 1980s for everything new. There are still a few parts from the 1960s and before that work just fine and so haven't been redesigned (and thus the bracket it goes on in a mix), but if there was ever need to redesign that part it would be all metric.
  - yardie 4y ago
    This only helps the tool makers. I wrench on Japanese and European cars yet every toolset comes with Metric and SAE sets. It seems to only inflate the parts count without giving you more functionality. The SAE and Metric bits are practically interchangeable.
    - jsjohnst 4y ago
      > yet every toolset comes with Metric and SAE sets I’ve mostly only seen that really with jumbo cheap quality “Father’s Day gift” type tool sets. If you are buying good quality tools, SAE and Metric are most often sold separately in my experience.

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Maybe because the site is hard-coded for the US imperial system? Quoting the article: «Bolts are commonly specified by their thread size (e.g. 1/4"-20), and th

by dejerpha 4y ago

dagw 4y ago
Maybe because the site is hard-coded for the US imperial system? Why not go to the site and take a look. They, obviously, sell both metric and imperial bolts (and everything else). It's not like Americans don't occasionally need metric bolts.
- jsjohnst 4y ago
  > It's not like Americans don't occasionally need metric bolts. It’s becoming a lot more common than not in fact. Automobile industry for example is pretty heavy on using metric bolts / screws. It’s not a recent thing either, a 2004 F-250 I used to have had many (most?) bolts as metric.
  - bluGill 4y ago
    The US automotive industry started their metric push in the 1970s, and was mostly done in the 1980s for everything new. There are still a few parts from the 1960s and before that work just fine and so haven't been redesigned (and thus the bracket it goes on in a mix), but if there was ever need to redesign that part it would be all metric.
  - yardie 4y ago
    This only helps the tool makers. I wrench on Japanese and European cars yet every toolset comes with Metric and SAE sets. It seems to only inflate the parts count without giving you more functionality. The SAE and Metric bits are practically interchangeable.
    - jsjohnst 4y ago
      > yet every toolset comes with Metric and SAE sets I’ve mostly only seen that really with jumbo cheap quality “Father’s Day gift” type tool sets. If you are buying good quality tools, SAE and Metric are most often sold separately in my experience.