I went into Two Guys about 1976 ish (I think I was 16, must have been since I drove there and had my license) and saw a socket wrench set. It was on sale for $14.99 but the price sticker (back when they still used them) said $4.99. They sold it to me for that price and I got quite a bargain. It was a dual English/Metric set which I still use to this day.
Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer NYSDOT 1530 Jefferson Road Rochester, NY 14623 585 272-3372 43,560 square feet in an acre 5280 feet in a mile 16 ounces in a pound 128 ounces in a gallon 23 confused kids in a class What could be simpler? From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 1:41 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54582] Re: The joy of everything being metric. I was never able to find metric drill bits in any store, always had to look online and that made it time consuming when you wanted to do something that day. I always looked, but never found any millimetre size bits in any store and that was the only type I was going to buy. As an aside, I shipped my table saw over here, turns out the European standard is a 30 mm mandrel, the standard in the US is 5/8” or about 16 mm. It is possible to get inserts here to match the US mandrel size. Mike Payne On 15 Jan 2015, at 20:49, James <j...@metricmethods.com<mailto:j...@metricmethods.com>> wrote: Sears sells metric drill bits. I believe that Lowe's does as well. Jim On 2015-01-15 13:07, Michael Payne wrote: I’m going to forward some observations of buying things here in France. Such a joy to have everything metric. Irwin is a US company, but these metric drill bits are made in Germany. Irwin was founded in Martinsville Ohio in 1885, it’s presently based in Huntersville NC. Not sure if you can buy the metric bits in the US. If anyone wants metric bits or other things, maybe I can help out. Mike Payne Montjoi, France. 100 km north of Toulouse. Begin forwarded message: *Subject: **Drill bits* *From: *Michael Payne <paynem...@gmail.com<mailto:paynem...@gmail.com> <mailto:paynem...@gmail.com>> *Date: *13 Jan 2015 13:24:26 CET *To: *Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com<mailto:metricmik...@gmail.com> <mailto:metricmik...@gmail.com>> Envoye de Mon iPhone Je suis Charlie -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stoney Point Mountain Road Doyle TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108
