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That’s pretty cool. It’s funny there are so many superior fasteners, but for the most part everyone uses phillips screws still. Man that’s a bummer we don’t even get the good Metabo stuff here guess the Germans are afraid of what we would build if we got their good tools. I had a quick question for Wayne how much cross over from metric to conventional measurements do you have in the uk? I know from watching topgear you use MPH over KPH on your roads so your not fully metric over in the uk either. I would guess fasteners are metric but what about dimensional lumber?
Thats is a really cool feature, never seen it before.
That’s a good question DR. I’m kinda curious myself.
Metabo rule !!!!
DR99 wrote:
That’s pretty cool. It’s funny there are so many superior fasteners, but for the most part everyone uses phillips screws still. Man that’s a bummer we don’t even get the good Metabo stuff here guess the Germans are afraid of what we would build if we got their good tools. I had a quick question for Wayne how much cross over from metric to conventional measurements do you have in the uk? I know from watching topgear you use MPH over KPH on your roads so your not fully metric over in the uk either. I would guess fasteners are metric but what about dimensional lumber?
In the U.K it depends how old you are and how good your eyes are on my jobs LOL Inches are bigger than millimeters 🙂
But jokes aside, it is a bit confusing because we say 3 inch by 2 inch timber where you say it the other way round in the U.S.A.
And we have many things still in imperial not metric.
But Europe is slowly having it’s way and the millimeter, centimeter and meter are taking over. 🙁
I hate metric! It’s really a simpler system, but after you’ve spent your whole life using standard it’s just hard to adapt
Conductor562 wrote:
I hate metric! It’s really a simpler system, but after you’ve spent your whole life using standard it’s just hard to adapt
lol you can say that again, I still dont get it….
As you get older guys those mm get harder to see as the inches go on your waist LOL 🙂
Measure your dick in MM. You’ll feel like a million bucks! 😆
LOL 🙂