Thread: Imperial Metric Confusions

I would have thought that the 10mm referred to the wire rope size, not the thread size of the mechanism.

Originally Posted by chrisb691

I would have thought that the 10mm referred to the wire rope size, not the thread size of the mechanism.

In the description in the product link above it says "....suitable for wire rope up to 5mm"

It's probably imperial because it is made for another market and then repackaged to dump excess here rather than make a true metric version for our market.

Originally Posted by Big Shed

In the description in the product link above it says "....suitable for wire rope up to 5mm"

Point acknowledged, and I retract my previous comment.

its 10mm because each end will take a 5mm wire,
2 times 5 is 10, where's the issue...

It says nowhere on the pack whats 10mm

That's nearly worth taking to consumer affairs over false marketing

or at least making a formal complaint to Bunnings management over it,

even over there head to Wesfarmers head office...

https://www.wesfarmers.com.au/contact.html

or to ITW Proline

Zenith Contact Us Page - ITW Proline

Where possible I avoid Zenith products like the plague!!

Mostly made from holey cheese I think. Coach bolts that shear off
with very little force exerted, packaged nuts and bolts that are of
different sizes, Posidrive packaged as Phillips and vice versa.

Luckily I have Fraser Coast Bolts and Industrial where I can, and do shop!!!!

Plumbing fittings at Bunnings are similar to this situation. They list 1/2 inch BSP compression fittings as 12mm.

Interesting perspective.

With most of the planet using the Metric system, we have the same problem but in the opposite direction. When items are made in a Metric factory and then labeled as imperial it becomes a problem. I have cut tenons to 3/8 inch. Then using a 3/8 inch or 10 MM chisel to chop the mortise became a disaster.

Yes well. WEnt through the threaded rod thing. Apparently bunnings only carries threaded rod in imperial sizes cos its "handy man or something. I think auto stuff is metric. So you can't get a turn buckle threaded onto a threaded rod. Forgot what I was wanting to do now.

Was sure Bunnies had metric booker rod!!
As for plumbing fittings I always thought we stuck with BSP so things had to be Imperial??
At one stage you could be fined in this country for importing imperial measuring equipment!

In Brazil they have a mix of sizes. BSP pipe fittings that don't equate with anything I know,
some things can only be bought in Imperial sizes, others only in metric. There seems to be
no standardized land size such as a hectare instead they have an alcade that varies in area
depending on where you are!! They talk about centilitres and decilitres. Talk about a shambles.

I maintain this country was sold a pup with the decimal system. We were told an encyclopedia of
lies about how the rest of the world was metric!! BS!! even where there was a metric system there
was no real standardization among countries.

We should be fully metric as it is too late and would be too costly to turn back the clock.
Let places like Bunnings and others hear it from us. return things and complain loudly
and at length until they listen.

Bunnings is horrible and you shouldnt shop there.

I understand its convenient, but really, the negatives vastly outweigh the positives.

I've had this issue many times with dowel - a real PITA.

Remember the Mar's lander that crashed and burnt??

Two teams worked on that. The mathematicians , who worked in miles, yads and feet-
and the programers who worked in kilometres and metres.