Have you ever.....

[Bobalos]

Have you ever been using a chinese-ium  crescent hammer and wondered, "gee... I wonder to the nearest 1/4", what size this is" ??? In both sae and metric... lmfao

 

[Desert Disciple]

I think that's kinda cool.
I also think you're right though, kinda redundant lol.

 

[Bansh88]

I wish we would just jump on the metric system.  

 

[Sausage450r]

Im kinda suprised; thought it would read 2/8 instead of 1/4

 

[Bobalos]

Im kinda suprised; thought it would read 2/8 instead of 1/4

would you reduce that down to something I can understand???  LOL

 

[Rorschach]

Unless you moved it a little when you flipped it over...5/16 is 9mm??

 

[John@Outfront]

would you reduce that down to something I can understand???  LOL

Now pretend this is a double lemon pie………2/8 would not work here because then the orange piece would be two pieces and you would have to share the other,  when you have a true 1/4 piece it’s all yours!  Is that easier to understand?  Also in this example a mechanic could use the crescent wrench as a spoon as long as it was set to zero  

 

[Richard h]

Also in this example a mechanic could use the crescent wrench as a spoon as long as it was set to zero

And actually, the wrench handle would be used as a pie server. Again, making it muli-uses

 

[Bobalos]

Unless you moved it a little when you flipped it over...5/16 is 9mm??

When these 2 gaps are about the same size............... pretty pointless....

 

[Bobalos]

Now pretend this is a double lemon pie………2/8 would not work here because then the orange piece would be two pieces and you would have to share the other,  when you have a true 1/4 piece it’s all yours!  Is that easier to understand?  Also in this example a mechanic could use the crescent wrench as a spoon as long as it was set to zero  

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Ive found that this works the best as a spoon/fork.........

 

[Rorschach]

I wonder if 0 inches is the same as 0 mm

 

[Bobalos]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.  inquiring minds want to know.....  LOL.

 

[Richard h]

So, if you choose to use an adjustable wrench, wouldn't you just adjust to fit and not set or look at the number or fraction on it?

They really through a "wrench" in the system with the added information. Someone has a sense of humor.

 

[Bobalos]

"through" or "threw"????  which UOM are you working with???  LOL

 

[Richard h]

"through" or "threw"????  which UOM are you working with???  LOL

It's too early for me today!

 

[Rorschach]

I have some adjustables that have these graduations on them. Mine are pretty good quality. Sometimes I would use them to check the size of something that I was unsure to save myself some guess work so I could grab the right size wrench or socket. 

 

[Crusty]

Hey, a 5 year old made that tool, give the kid a break.

 

[Bobalos]

I have some adjustables that have these graduations on them. Mine are pretty good quality. Sometimes I would use them to check the size of something that I was unsure to save myself some guess work so I could grab the right size wrench or socket. 

And I STILL grab the wrong one............  LOL.

 

[Blue horse]

I retired several years ago from the hardware industry after 40 years. You would be surprised how many people would come in 

looking for nuts or bolts and would say I need help with a 7/16 inch nut.  So I would grab a 7/16” nut and show it to them. They would

say that’s wrong, that’s way too big. So then I would show them a 1/4” nut and they would sometimes laugh or reply I

don’t understand why it’s called a 1/4” when I’m using a 7/16” wrench.   I thought it was fun educating the public on a nut and bolt.

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