BrikoX@lemmy.zip to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 months agoHow to measure things like a Canadian?lemmy.zipimagemessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1671arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1645arrow-down1imageHow to measure things like a Canadian?lemmy.zipBrikoX@lemmy.zip to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square168fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethe16bitgamer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoPretty accurate and its due to trade with the USA. For example I wanted small nuts and screws for a project. Got metric from Amazon and I needed M2 screw and nuts. But when I tried to get it sourced by a local company in NS, they didn’t have the metric nuts and the screws where expensive. So I found a closes size I could get in imperial, #2-56. They didn’t just have them, but they were pennies per unit.
minus-squareAgentOrange@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThe consumer hardware store in Australia sells a full range of both. Takes up a lot of space. The metric nuts & bolts are definitely cheaper than the imperial ones though.
Pretty accurate and its due to trade with the USA.
For example I wanted small nuts and screws for a project. Got metric from Amazon and I needed M2 screw and nuts.
But when I tried to get it sourced by a local company in NS, they didn’t have the metric nuts and the screws where expensive.
So I found a closes size I could get in imperial, #2-56. They didn’t just have them, but they were pennies per unit.
The consumer hardware store in Australia sells a full range of both. Takes up a lot of space. The metric nuts & bolts are definitely cheaper than the imperial ones though.