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[–] Tin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Globally? Hah! America's part of the globe too, silly metric sheeple. /s

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[–] BangCrash@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

For a freedom loving country they sure do love using imperial kingdom units

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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

We don't use "Imperial kingdom units." We use US Customary units which are different. Just like your "metric" system is different from SI.

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[–] BangCrash@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You mean like the imperial spanners I need to buy to fit bolts from the US?

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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

While it's possible to special order Imperial thread standard spanners, it's unlikely you are buying those. US Customary screw specifications are a separate thing, (have been so for over 100 years now), and have nothing to do with Imperial anything. There are some sizes that will fit, much as some metric wrench sizes will also fit US Customary and vice versa. But there are bunches of Imperial sizes that have no correlation to US Customary standards for machine screws.

Source: Old, cranky, retired toolmaker that has had to custom make screws for everything from laboratory equipment, cameras, to antique cars and tractors to 200 year old firearms. I'm familiar with more screw standards than you even know exist.

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[–] gila@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago

The particular lineage of the derivation of the standard isn't important so much as that it is arbitrary in the same way as imperial units. Not derived from physical constants, unlike SI (or older metric systems)

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