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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by analog31 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @09:34AM (#18475657)
Just as a side note, the US system gets worse and worse when you look beyond the everyday units of measure.

Sure, inches are great, but below 1/4", screws are in a numbered system (higher number is larger) while the corresponding drill bits are in a different numbered system (higher number is smaller) or lettered (A to Z). Wire and sheet metal gage numbers are still different.

An #8-32 thread takes a #29 tap drill...

https://www.lincolnmachine.com/tap_drill_chart.html

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