Most wrenches are around the same price for a similar size. It's very easy to get millimeter size wrenches, it's impossible to get millimeter size drill bits.
Mike Payne On 24/08/2011, at 12:49 , Martin Vlietstra wrote: > The customary sized wrenches probably work because they are “about” the right > size, but because they are not quite the right size, they wreak havoc, > rounding the edges of the bolt heads. Tell them that and they will get a > shock. > > I am hazarding a guess that the customary-sized wrenches are often cheaper > than the metric ones – if so, well you get what you pay for, > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Michael Payne > Sent: 24 August 2011 17:42 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:51009] Re: US should weigh up one vital change > > I wrote to Mr Chen thanking him for bringing this up and telling him how much > I agree. He's correct, we could sell a lot more to other countries if we > changed. > > I've recently talked to 2 different people who said "No way" when I told them > all vehicles made since 1975 are metric only. Why do my inch wrenches work > they asked? Luck! This appears to be a very common misconception, that > probably wastes a lot of time, and money considering that all probably buy > both inch and metric wrenches, all of which are probably made in China. > Doubling the amount of money sent to China on Wrenches along! > > > Mike Payne > > > On 23/08/2011, at 20:14 , John M. Steele wrote: > > > Interesting editorial suggesting that the US adopt the metric system. It is > written by a Chinese editor, living in the US on foreign assignment. > http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-08/23/content_13167725.htm >
