just under 1/2"? i need to adjust my miter saw fence and of course it is metric. a 1/2" socket almost fits but slips when pressure is applied. thanks. lee
what MM socket is
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12mm.....................
DWalt
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Use a Crescent wrench.
1" = 25.4 mm, so 1/2"= 12.7mm I think you need a 12mm wrench
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thanks. i can't get a crescent wrench in there or i would have. Lee
steveno
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everybody should have a vise grips
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I use 13mm pretty much interchangeably with 1/2”. If your fastener is under 1/2, then 12mm sounds right. I prefer six-point sockets for applications like this. A six-point 1/2” socket might turn a 12mm fastener where a 12-point would just skip.
sounds like a metric Crescent is what is needed.
Ivan the Butcher
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I noticed om my last couple of Crescent Wrenches, that instead of 10" & 12" they were 250mm & 300mm. They just won't quit trying to make up French!
Ivan
steveno
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it is now a vise grips
Ole Joe Clark
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I keep my metric set of tools in Ole Red, the 1995 Toyota T100, the inch set in the building and another set of tools in the house. I hope that I never have to use any of them. 
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Well if you want a beautiful example of "how to use metric bolts/nuts without thought", what do you think was the first metric bolt on a GM Car about 35-40 years ago? They put a 25 mm bolt as the drain plug on the oil sump, so the regular mechanic's 1 inch would not fit and the 1.125" (1 and 1/8th) slid off.
Having grown up in the UK in the days of Pounds, Shillings and Pence and having used the metric system in high school in the early 1950s in science classes, I cannot understand the "push-back" in the US about using the metric system (when the currency is based on 10s), particularly when the US measurements do not match the Imperial system. For example, look at the smaller US Gallon versus the Imperial, and even the inch is a different size, as found out in a famous example when a bridge was built between Canada and the US and was found to be short; Canada used the Imperial Inch, the US the US Inch. Perhaps the most "famous" example in recent times was when a Mars Lander crashed because the US engineers forgot to transform the landing instructions to metres not feet. Dave_n
Having grown up in the UK in the days of Pounds, Shillings and Pence and having used the metric system in high school in the early 1950s in science classes, I cannot understand the "push-back" in the US about using the metric system (when the currency is based on 10s), particularly when the US measurements do not match the Imperial system. For example, look at the smaller US Gallon versus the Imperial, and even the inch is a different size, as found out in a famous example when a bridge was built between Canada and the US and was found to be short; Canada used the Imperial Inch, the US the US Inch. Perhaps the most "famous" example in recent times was when a Mars Lander crashed because the US engineers forgot to transform the landing instructions to metres not feet. Dave_n
Justin T
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In my line of work I need to be versed in both metric and US standard. Honestly, with pipe and fittings metric is much, much easier.
My weightlifting stuff is all done in KG.
The only problem I have is with F/C temperature conversions. Cannot figure that one out yet.
My weightlifting stuff is all done in KG.
The only problem I have is with F/C temperature conversions. Cannot figure that one out yet.
I'm pretty old school, but wish I had been taught metric in school. When trying to draw up any plans to do anything I find metric much easier to do. But since I didn't grow up with it I can''t visualize CM and Meters like I can inches and feet.
I was stationed in England back when the monetary system was Pounds, shillings and Pence. I'm not sure if I ever received the correct change.
I was stationed in England back when the monetary system was Pounds, shillings and Pence. I'm not sure if I ever received the correct change.
Shooting Padre
US Veteran
Metric/Standard Crescent Wrench
I have one of those combination metric/standard crescent wrenches. As if grow older I find my hands are no longer steady and as they tremble the wrench keeps switching from metric to standard setting. Any suggestions on how to prevent this. My medications only seem to acerbate the situation.
Thanks
I have one of those combination metric/standard crescent wrenches. As if grow older I find my hands are no longer steady and as they tremble the wrench keeps switching from metric to standard setting. Any suggestions on how to prevent this. My medications only seem to acerbate the situation.
Thanks
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This is the only metric conversion I keep in my head for temperature:
16 degrees Celsius = 61 degrees Fahrenheit
Jack Flash
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My main problem is engine displacement. When given in cc or liters, I am blank for awhile. I grew up with it in cubic inches and that's what I need.
When I learned that a Ford V-8 305 (cu. in.) is 5.0 liters, I finally memorized 1 liter is roughly 60 ci.
That made me think of my trip to England & Scotland four decades ago.
I was living and working in Detroit at the time and had to count my change religiously as the shopkeepers there were notorious shortchange artists. Sometimes they would try to shortchange you by as much as a buck!
So of course I continued the habit of counting my change while in the UK. One day it just hit me that my change was always right, right down to the penny. I quit counting my change because it didn't matter. It was kinda nice to live like that.
The temperature T in degrees Celsius (°C) is equal to the temperature T in degrees Fahrenheit (°F) minus 32, times 5/9:
T(°C) = (T(°F) - 32) × 5/9
or
T(°C) = (T(°F) - 32) / (9/5)
or
T(°C) = (T(°F) - 32) / 1.8
Example
Convert 68 degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius:
T(°C) = (68°F - 32) × 5/9 = 20 °C
